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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 271 · 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.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  3. 3.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  6. 6.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
  9. 9.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a bridge
  12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  20. 20.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  23. 23.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ 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?
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  28. 28.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a cloud
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  40. 40.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a banyan tree
  3. cross a wide river
  4. science
  5. a rainbow
  6. reach a top floor fast
  7. talk to someone far away
  8. a rainbow
  9. False
  10. found in nature
  11. a dam
  12. keep food fresh longer
  13. carry many people far
  14. a cloud
  15. a bicycle
  16. False
  17. False
  18. a microscope
  19. a bridge
  20. False
  21. True
  22. go through a mountain
  23. True
  24. a ceiling fan
  25. True
  26. how can we build it?
  27. a mobile phone
  28. True
  29. a road that floods
  30. found in nature
  31. False
  32. a ceiling fan
  33. a mountain
  34. False
  35. a lift
  36. False
  37. a waterfall
  38. found in nature
  39. understands the problem
  40. store water for summer

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