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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 139 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Problem first, then solution): Engineered things are designed and built by people; natural things are made by nature. Every invention meets a need: ask “what problem goes away when we have it?”. Scientists ask why things happen; engineers ask how to build something useful.

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  1. 1.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  6. 6.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  15. 15.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  22. 22.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a river
  24. 24.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  26. 26.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  33. 33.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a river
  38. 38.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. cross a wide river
  2. found in nature
  3. a rainbow
  4. found in nature
  5. reach a top floor fast
  6. True
  7. a mobile phone
  8. a banyan tree
  9. carry many people far
  10. understands the problem
  11. a water filter
  12. how can we build it?
  13. a ceiling fan
  14. a cloud
  15. go through a mountain
  16. made by engineers
  17. science
  18. False
  19. a tunnel
  20. a bridge
  21. a volcano
  22. True
  23. a river
  24. False
  25. a bicycle
  26. see very tiny things
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. talk to someone far away
  30. found in nature
  31. keep food fresh longer
  32. designs useful solutions
  33. True
  34. made by engineers
  35. a lift
  36. True
  37. a river
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a water filter

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