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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 216 · 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 cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  8. 8.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a river
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a river
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  13. 13.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  21. 21.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  22. 22.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  25. 25.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  29. 29.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a bridge
  35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  36. 36.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a river
  3. a bridge
  4. go through a mountain
  5. made by engineers
  6. True
  7. a microscope
  8. cross a wide river
  9. a river
  10. True
  11. a water filter
  12. a railway track
  13. True
  14. see very tiny things
  15. found in nature
  16. a railway track
  17. a waterfall
  18. made by engineers
  19. False
  20. a mobile phone
  21. talk to someone far away
  22. how can we build it?
  23. a lift
  24. a waterfall
  25. False
  26. carry many people far
  27. a telephone
  28. understands the problem
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. a tunnel
  32. a lift
  33. store water for summer
  34. a bridge
  35. designs useful solutions
  36. False
  37. a water filter
  38. a banyan tree
  39. made by engineers
  40. made by engineers

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