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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 310 · 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 bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  2. 2.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  3. 3.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  4. 4.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  8. 8.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  16. 16.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a river
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a fridge
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  30. 30.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  32. 32.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. a waterfall
  2. talk to someone far away
  3. science
  4. True
  5. a microscope
  6. made by engineers
  7. a ceiling fan
  8. True
  9. make water safe to drink
  10. a rainbow
  11. understands the problem
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a fridge
  15. a satellite
  16. True
  17. a seashell
  18. a road that floods
  19. made by engineers
  20. a railway track
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a water filter
  24. found in nature
  25. made by engineers
  26. a bicycle
  27. a train
  28. a water filter
  29. a telephone
  30. True
  31. a bridge
  32. store water for summer
  33. cross a wide river
  34. a coral reef
  35. a banyan tree
  36. a mobile phone
  37. keep food fresh longer
  38. found in nature
  39. made by engineers
  40. a dam

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