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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 299 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  7. 7.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  8. 8.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  18. 18.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  20. 20.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  23. 23.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
  25. 25.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  31. 31.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  39. 39.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a lift

Answer key

  1. a seashell
  2. False
  3. made by engineers
  4. a bridge
  5. science
  6. a lift
  7. how can we build it?
  8. cross a wide river
  9. a bridge
  10. a mountain
  11. False
  12. made by engineers
  13. a road that floods
  14. a train
  15. found in nature
  16. made by engineers
  17. see very tiny things
  18. make power from sunlight
  19. a water filter
  20. False
  21. a bicycle
  22. a mobile phone
  23. False
  24. a cloud
  25. False
  26. found in nature
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. a fridge
  30. a cloud
  31. True
  32. reach a top floor fast
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a telephone
  37. False
  38. a dam
  39. False
  40. a seashell

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