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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 143 · 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.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  3. 3.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  6. 6.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  7. 7.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  8. 8.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  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.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a river

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. False
  4. a cloud
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. talk to someone far away
  7. how can we build it?
  8. False
  9. science
  10. made by engineers
  11. found in nature
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a water filter
  15. cross a wide river
  16. found in nature
  17. a satellite
  18. understands the problem
  19. made by engineers
  20. a lift
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a river
  25. a bridge
  26. a bicycle
  27. True
  28. made by engineers
  29. a train
  30. a road that floods
  31. a rainbow
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. make power from sunlight
  35. made by engineers
  36. designs useful solutions
  37. a dam
  38. made by engineers
  39. True
  40. a railway track

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