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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 276 · 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 reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  5. 5.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  8. 8.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a train
  11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
  16. 16.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
  22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  29. 29.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  35. 35.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone

Answer key

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

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