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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 148 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) cooking (d) music
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a bridge
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  4. 4.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  11. 11.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  23. 23.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  28. 28.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  30. 30.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  34. 34.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  36. 36.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  38. 38.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. science
  2. a telephone
  3. a mobile phone
  4. how can we build it?
  5. found in nature
  6. found in nature
  7. made by engineers
  8. a bridge
  9. understands the problem
  10. make power from sunlight
  11. go through a mountain
  12. a fridge
  13. a ceiling fan
  14. reach a top floor fast
  15. a banyan tree
  16. made by engineers
  17. True
  18. a microscope
  19. a solar panel
  20. found in nature
  21. make water safe to drink
  22. a rainbow
  23. True
  24. True
  25. False
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a dam
  28. False
  29. a satellite
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a volcano
  33. a waterfall
  34. False
  35. a tunnel
  36. False
  37. a lift
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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