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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 219 · 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 volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a river
  7. 7.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  13. 13.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  19. 19.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  21. 21.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  30. 30.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. False
  3. a lift
  4. a bridge
  5. a dam
  6. a bridge
  7. False
  8. True
  9. True
  10. True
  11. True
  12. understands the problem
  13. a road that floods
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. science
  16. a microscope
  17. True
  18. a dam
  19. cross a wide river
  20. designs useful solutions
  21. True
  22. a volcano
  23. a waterfall
  24. how can we build it?
  25. made by engineers
  26. found in nature
  27. a waterfall
  28. found in nature
  29. a cloud
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. a fridge
  34. False
  35. False
  36. go through a mountain
  37. a bridge
  38. a coral reef
  39. True
  40. a banyan tree

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