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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 234 · 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 mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  2. 2.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
  10. 10.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  23. 23.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  33. 33.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a fridge
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. True
  3. a road that floods
  4. go through a mountain
  5. a microscope
  6. a tunnel
  7. a rainbow
  8. understands the problem
  9. science
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. a seashell
  14. True
  15. a water filter
  16. a dam
  17. True
  18. made by engineers
  19. False
  20. False
  21. made by engineers
  22. a river
  23. False
  24. True
  25. found in nature
  26. a mountain
  27. True
  28. True
  29. a cloud
  30. found in nature
  31. False
  32. cross a wide river
  33. False
  34. a seashell
  35. store water for summer
  36. a train
  37. a waterfall
  38. a ceiling fan
  39. a fridge
  40. False

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