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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 167 · 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 lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a water filter
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  10. 10.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  13. 13.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a waterfall 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 lift (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  31. 31.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a river
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a bridge
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a cloud

Answer key

  1. False
  2. make water safe to drink
  3. found in nature
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. a banyan tree
  6. a lift
  7. carry many people far
  8. a lift
  9. a solar panel
  10. False
  11. a bridge
  12. how can we build it?
  13. True
  14. found in nature
  15. False
  16. found in nature
  17. a river
  18. a mountain
  19. a cloud
  20. store water for summer
  21. made by engineers
  22. a dam
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. a train
  25. made by engineers
  26. False
  27. False
  28. science
  29. False
  30. a coral reef
  31. True
  32. True
  33. cross a wide river
  34. a ceiling fan
  35. a railway track
  36. a mobile phone
  37. a fridge
  38. a cloud
  39. understands the problem
  40. a lift

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