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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 158 · 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 volcano (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  4. 4.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  7. 7.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  10. 10.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  31. 31.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. how can we build it?
  3. a banyan tree
  4. False
  5. True
  6. a coral reef
  7. store water for summer
  8. a seashell
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. False
  11. True
  12. a road that floods
  13. a ceiling fan
  14. False
  15. a dam
  16. a rainbow
  17. designs useful solutions
  18. a railway track
  19. a river
  20. False
  21. a train
  22. made by engineers
  23. a water filter
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. found in nature
  30. cross a wide river
  31. see very tiny things
  32. understands the problem
  33. False
  34. a water filter
  35. a tunnel
  36. a microscope
  37. False
  38. made by engineers
  39. True
  40. False

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