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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 196 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  7. 7.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a lift
  13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
  20. 20.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a train
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. a train
  4. True
  5. a banyan tree
  6. understands the problem
  7. False
  8. a seashell
  9. a mountain
  10. a telephone
  11. a road that floods
  12. a lift
  13. science
  14. a coral reef
  15. False
  16. cross a wide river
  17. a coral reef
  18. made by engineers
  19. store water for summer
  20. how can we build it?
  21. a bicycle
  22. a microscope
  23. found in nature
  24. a dam
  25. False
  26. a volcano
  27. found in nature
  28. a dam
  29. found in nature
  30. False
  31. True
  32. a tunnel
  33. a bicycle
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. a waterfall
  37. True
  38. a water filter
  39. a rainbow
  40. True

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