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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 156 · 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 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
  2. 2.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a river
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  29. 29.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a river
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  38. 38.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  39. 39.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  40. 40.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far

Answer key

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

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