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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 215 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  3. 3.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a banyan tree
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  17. 17.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. a railway track
  3. talk to someone far away
  4. a rainbow
  5. a volcano
  6. found in nature
  7. a banyan tree
  8. True
  9. found in nature
  10. a ceiling fan
  11. a railway track
  12. a satellite
  13. a river
  14. a mobile phone
  15. a dam
  16. a microscope
  17. False
  18. a waterfall
  19. a bridge
  20. a seashell
  21. a bicycle
  22. made by engineers
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. a bridge
  25. a mobile phone
  26. made by engineers
  27. designs useful solutions
  28. a fridge
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. how can we build it?
  34. False
  35. False
  36. made by engineers
  37. made by engineers
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a coral reef

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