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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 199 · 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 dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  4. 4.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  5. 5.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  21. 21.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a cloud
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  40. 40.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. keep food fresh longer
  3. a mountain
  4. reach a top floor fast
  5. True
  6. False
  7. a bicycle
  8. a water filter
  9. how can we build it?
  10. made by engineers
  11. False
  12. True
  13. made by engineers
  14. a rainbow
  15. make power from sunlight
  16. a tunnel
  17. a bridge
  18. a banyan tree
  19. True
  20. a seashell
  21. False
  22. a dam
  23. cross a wide river
  24. a bridge
  25. found in nature
  26. a train
  27. found in nature
  28. a microscope
  29. a lift
  30. True
  31. a river
  32. a satellite
  33. a satellite
  34. go through a mountain
  35. made by engineers
  36. a cloud
  37. a solar panel
  38. made by engineers
  39. make water safe to drink
  40. science

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