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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. see very tiny things
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. a road that floods
  6. a microscope
  7. understands the problem
  8. go through a mountain
  9. a mobile phone
  10. how can we build it?
  11. a volcano
  12. a mobile phone
  13. a waterfall
  14. found in nature
  15. True
  16. a satellite
  17. a seashell
  18. a satellite
  19. found in nature
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a railway track
  23. a solar panel
  24. a cloud
  25. a fridge
  26. a mountain
  27. a lift
  28. False
  29. a telephone
  30. False
  31. made by engineers
  32. reach a top floor fast
  33. a volcano
  34. a dam
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. a water filter
  39. a bridge
  40. False

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