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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 200 · 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 river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  4. 4.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a train
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  8. 8.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  21. 21.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  23. 23.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a seashell
  27. 27.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  34. 34.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  38. 38.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. how can we build it?
  3. a mobile phone
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. cross a wide river
  6. a train
  7. a dam
  8. False
  9. found in nature
  10. made by engineers
  11. make power from sunlight
  12. made by engineers
  13. a bicycle
  14. designs useful solutions
  15. a telephone
  16. a solar panel
  17. a seashell
  18. go through a mountain
  19. made by engineers
  20. a water filter
  21. False
  22. a tunnel
  23. store water for summer
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a railway track
  27. True
  28. False
  29. a mobile phone
  30. False
  31. a bridge
  32. made by engineers
  33. a bicycle
  34. False
  35. True
  36. a dam
  37. a satellite
  38. carry many people far
  39. made by engineers
  40. found in nature

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