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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 232 · 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 bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  10. 10.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  11. 11.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  15. 15.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  19. 19.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  31. 31.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  33. 33.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  38. 38.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. made by engineers
  3. a volcano
  4. found in nature
  5. a volcano
  6. a mountain
  7. False
  8. a coral reef
  9. understands the problem
  10. make water safe to drink
  11. True
  12. a mountain
  13. a banyan tree
  14. a solar panel
  15. False
  16. a lift
  17. a lift
  18. a seashell
  19. reach a top floor fast
  20. a water filter
  21. a bridge
  22. False
  23. True
  24. found in nature
  25. designs useful solutions
  26. a bicycle
  27. made by engineers
  28. a rainbow
  29. made by engineers
  30. a cloud
  31. False
  32. a bridge
  33. False
  34. a microscope
  35. found in nature
  36. a mobile phone
  37. a bridge
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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