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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 319 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  5. 5.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a dam
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  13. 13.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  32. 32.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  33. 33.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  37. 37.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. a bridge
  3. found in nature
  4. a railway track
  5. go through a mountain
  6. a rainbow
  7. a banyan tree
  8. a ceiling fan
  9. a microscope
  10. a telephone
  11. a dam
  12. a rainbow
  13. True
  14. made by engineers
  15. a train
  16. a bridge
  17. True
  18. False
  19. a cloud
  20. made by engineers
  21. made by engineers
  22. True
  23. False
  24. found in nature
  25. carry many people far
  26. a water filter
  27. a lift
  28. True
  29. a banyan tree
  30. found in nature
  31. a bicycle
  32. a road that floods
  33. see very tiny things
  34. found in nature
  35. True
  36. a dam
  37. False
  38. a bridge
  39. a fridge
  40. True

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