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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 304 · 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 train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  4. 4.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
  13. 13.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  15. 15.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🛠️ 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
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  32. 32.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a train
  36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. make water safe to drink
  3. a lift
  4. True
  5. store water for summer
  6. False
  7. True
  8. found in nature
  9. how can we build it?
  10. found in nature
  11. a mobile phone
  12. a mountain
  13. False
  14. make power from sunlight
  15. True
  16. True
  17. a banyan tree
  18. a solar panel
  19. a telephone
  20. a satellite
  21. a seashell
  22. a road that floods
  23. found in nature
  24. go through a mountain
  25. cross a wide river
  26. a tunnel
  27. designs useful solutions
  28. a banyan tree
  29. False
  30. a rainbow
  31. a cloud
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a bridge
  36. True
  37. False
  38. reach a top floor fast
  39. False
  40. False

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