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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 207 · 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 banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  3. 3.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  4. 4.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  9. 9.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music
  11. 11.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. make water safe to drink
  3. go through a mountain
  4. True
  5. found in nature
  6. a lift
  7. see very tiny things
  8. a road that floods
  9. False
  10. science
  11. False
  12. False
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. a telephone
  15. a lift
  16. a mountain
  17. understands the problem
  18. a bridge
  19. a river
  20. True
  21. True
  22. False
  23. a microscope
  24. True
  25. a mobile phone
  26. True
  27. a satellite
  28. False
  29. a coral reef
  30. a seashell
  31. store water for summer
  32. a bridge
  33. a volcano
  34. False
  35. a tunnel
  36. designs useful solutions
  37. found in nature
  38. talk to someone far away
  39. a seashell
  40. True

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