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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 290 · 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 water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  5. 5.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  7. 7.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
  11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  16. 16.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  21. 21.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  23. 23.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a river
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far

Answer key

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

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