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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. understands the problem
  3. a volcano
  4. reach a top floor fast
  5. False
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. made by engineers
  8. a banyan tree
  9. False
  10. a telephone
  11. a road that floods
  12. a ceiling fan
  13. found in nature
  14. a ceiling fan
  15. a bicycle
  16. a dam
  17. a coral reef
  18. False
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. made by engineers
  22. False
  23. False
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a volcano
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a banyan tree
  30. a train
  31. store water for summer
  32. science
  33. a microscope
  34. a rainbow
  35. True
  36. True
  37. a railway track
  38. True
  39. True
  40. a lift

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