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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 165 · 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 bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a bridge
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a dam
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  24. 24.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  27. 27.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mountain
  2. a lift
  3. a bridge
  4. a tunnel
  5. False
  6. see very tiny things
  7. a ceiling fan
  8. a seashell
  9. found in nature
  10. True
  11. made by engineers
  12. True
  13. a bicycle
  14. understands the problem
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. designs useful solutions
  18. a river
  19. a satellite
  20. a dam
  21. a railway track
  22. a seashell
  23. a river
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a waterfall
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. made by engineers
  30. a mobile phone
  31. made by engineers
  32. found in nature
  33. talk to someone far away
  34. a rainbow
  35. found in nature
  36. a rainbow
  37. cross a wide river
  38. make water safe to drink
  39. False
  40. False

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