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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 177 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  2. 2.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a bridge 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 railway track (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  24. 24.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  30. 30.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  32. 32.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. False
  3. a mountain
  4. True
  5. store water for summer
  6. a volcano
  7. a banyan tree
  8. True
  9. True
  10. understands the problem
  11. found in nature
  12. a telephone
  13. a mobile phone
  14. found in nature
  15. a microscope
  16. made by engineers
  17. a lift
  18. a train
  19. a railway track
  20. a solar panel
  21. True
  22. made by engineers
  23. a waterfall
  24. False
  25. carry many people far
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. a water filter
  30. reach a top floor fast
  31. a river
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a banyan tree
  36. a coral reef
  37. found in nature
  38. False
  39. a railway track
  40. a fridge

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