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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 141 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  19. 19.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  23. 23.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a river
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  26. 26.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a river
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a cloud
  32. 32.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  34. 34.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. a satellite
  2. found in nature
  3. True
  4. False
  5. a waterfall
  6. made by engineers
  7. a lift
  8. a dam
  9. designs useful solutions
  10. a bicycle
  11. made by engineers
  12. a coral reef
  13. made by engineers
  14. a mountain
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. a cloud
  18. understands the problem
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a volcano
  22. store water for summer
  23. False
  24. a river
  25. go through a mountain
  26. True
  27. False
  28. keep food fresh longer
  29. cross a wide river
  30. a mobile phone
  31. a bridge
  32. see very tiny things
  33. a bridge
  34. a road that floods
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. talk to someone far away
  38. found in nature
  39. False
  40. made by engineers

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