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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 255 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  7. 7.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  8. 8.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  9. 9.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  12. 12.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  14. 14.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a river
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
  21. 21.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a volcano
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  35. 35.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a seashell
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  38. 38.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material

Answer key

  1. a satellite
  2. made by engineers
  3. a microscope
  4. a banyan tree
  5. False
  6. a mobile phone
  7. keep food fresh longer
  8. go through a mountain
  9. True
  10. False
  11. a tunnel
  12. False
  13. a bridge
  14. False
  15. True
  16. a river
  17. a mountain
  18. a volcano
  19. a road that floods
  20. a water filter
  21. False
  22. found in nature
  23. found in nature
  24. made by engineers
  25. False
  26. a lift
  27. a bicycle
  28. found in nature
  29. science
  30. a bridge
  31. a railway track
  32. a dam
  33. made by engineers
  34. a bicycle
  35. how can we build it?
  36. a railway track
  37. a lift
  38. True
  39. found in nature
  40. understands the problem

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