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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 161 · 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.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  5. 5.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  7. 7.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  10. 10.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  14. 14.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  26. 26.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  30. 30.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. understands the problem
  3. a volcano
  4. a dam
  5. keep food fresh longer
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. True
  8. make power from sunlight
  9. a bridge
  10. False
  11. a mobile phone
  12. True
  13. a satellite
  14. a road that floods
  15. how can we build it?
  16. made by engineers
  17. a rainbow
  18. found in nature
  19. a solar panel
  20. reach a top floor fast
  21. made by engineers
  22. True
  23. found in nature
  24. False
  25. a waterfall
  26. go through a mountain
  27. a tunnel
  28. store water for summer
  29. a seashell
  30. False
  31. False
  32. a bicycle
  33. a mountain
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a railway track
  38. False
  39. carry many people far
  40. True

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