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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 250 · 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) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  2. 2.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a dam
  4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  32. 32.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  35. 35.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. keep food fresh longer
  3. a lift
  4. False
  5. False
  6. made by engineers
  7. False
  8. carry many people far
  9. a seashell
  10. True
  11. made by engineers
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. a bridge
  16. a river
  17. a volcano
  18. a fridge
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a dam
  22. a satellite
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. found in nature
  25. True
  26. False
  27. made by engineers
  28. a microscope
  29. True
  30. a coral reef
  31. a bridge
  32. False
  33. a river
  34. a train
  35. True
  36. found in nature
  37. found in nature
  38. False
  39. a dam
  40. a mobile phone

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