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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 269 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
  4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  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 water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  20. 20.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a microscope
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  30. 30.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  36. 36.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a river

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. a bicycle
  3. a railway track
  4. go through a mountain
  5. False
  6. found in nature
  7. True
  8. a volcano
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. a lift
  11. made by engineers
  12. a rainbow
  13. a bridge
  14. found in nature
  15. a mountain
  16. a ceiling fan
  17. a seashell
  18. a rainbow
  19. a waterfall
  20. make power from sunlight
  21. store water for summer
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. a fridge
  27. True
  28. a tunnel
  29. a river
  30. how can we build it?
  31. understands the problem
  32. a dam
  33. False
  34. True
  35. carry many people far
  36. a road that floods
  37. a mobile phone
  38. found in nature
  39. science
  40. a lift

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