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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 223 · 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 bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  3. 3.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a cloud 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 seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a river
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  11. 11.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  23. 23.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a train
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a dam
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  34. 34.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  36. 36.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  39. 39.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a bridge
  3. how can we build it?
  4. found in nature
  5. a bridge
  6. found in nature
  7. a bicycle
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. found in nature
  10. science
  11. True
  12. found in nature
  13. a microscope
  14. a water filter
  15. a rainbow
  16. False
  17. False
  18. True
  19. a fridge
  20. True
  21. True
  22. a railway track
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a train
  26. found in nature
  27. a solar panel
  28. a dam
  29. a dam
  30. made by engineers
  31. False
  32. a bridge
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. store water for summer
  35. a mountain
  36. keep food fresh longer
  37. True
  38. a cloud
  39. True
  40. a lift

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