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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 184 · 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.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  5. 5.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  7. 7.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  12. 12.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  22. 22.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  28. 28.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  33. 33.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. True
  3. understands the problem
  4. a ceiling fan
  5. carry many people far
  6. a dam
  7. True
  8. True
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. found in nature
  11. a microscope
  12. False
  13. a tunnel
  14. found in nature
  15. a cloud
  16. a dam
  17. made by engineers
  18. how can we build it?
  19. a waterfall
  20. a mobile phone
  21. designs useful solutions
  22. make water safe to drink
  23. True
  24. False
  25. True
  26. False
  27. a volcano
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a fridge
  32. science
  33. True
  34. False
  35. a bridge
  36. True
  37. a mountain
  38. True
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. True

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