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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 324 · 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.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a cloud
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  7. 7.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  28. 28.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  31. 31.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a train
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. a cloud
  3. True
  4. True
  5. a bridge
  6. a river
  7. False
  8. found in nature
  9. False
  10. a water filter
  11. a dam
  12. a cloud
  13. designs useful solutions
  14. a satellite
  15. False
  16. a train
  17. found in nature
  18. False
  19. False
  20. understands the problem
  21. a water filter
  22. True
  23. a ceiling fan
  24. False
  25. a road that floods
  26. a lift
  27. a water filter
  28. False
  29. a telephone
  30. a lift
  31. talk to someone far away
  32. a seashell
  33. made by engineers
  34. a railway track
  35. a mobile phone
  36. found in nature
  37. science
  38. a bicycle
  39. a solar panel
  40. made by engineers

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