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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 331 · 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 bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a river
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a mobile phone 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 mountain (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  21. 21.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  25. 25.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  28. 28.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  36. 36.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a lift
  3. made by engineers
  4. made by engineers
  5. found in nature
  6. made by engineers
  7. a bicycle
  8. a coral reef
  9. a bicycle
  10. a satellite
  11. a water filter
  12. made by engineers
  13. a river
  14. a seashell
  15. a banyan tree
  16. see very tiny things
  17. a bridge
  18. cross a wide river
  19. found in nature
  20. science
  21. True
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. a dam
  24. how can we build it?
  25. make water safe to drink
  26. a microscope
  27. a waterfall
  28. False
  29. a dam
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. False
  34. keep food fresh longer
  35. a seashell
  36. False
  37. True
  38. made by engineers
  39. understands the problem
  40. a volcano

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