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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 257 · 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 need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  5. 5.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  8. 8.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  19. 19.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  20. 20.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a lift
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  27. 27.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  39. 39.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer

Answer key

  1. see very tiny things
  2. cross a wide river
  3. a telephone
  4. a railway track
  5. True
  6. found in nature
  7. carry many people far
  8. False
  9. a water filter
  10. found in nature
  11. made by engineers
  12. a bridge
  13. a railway track
  14. understands the problem
  15. a road that floods
  16. True
  17. False
  18. a cloud
  19. keep food fresh longer
  20. how can we build it?
  21. a mountain
  22. made by engineers
  23. a lift
  24. a satellite
  25. found in nature
  26. a bridge
  27. make power from sunlight
  28. a rainbow
  29. a volcano
  30. a river
  31. a lift
  32. designs useful solutions
  33. made by engineers
  34. False
  35. True
  36. found in nature
  37. False
  38. a rainbow
  39. True
  40. talk to someone far away

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