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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 338 · 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) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  2. 2.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  8. 8.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  9. 9.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a lift
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  22. 22.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  25. 25.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  29. 29.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a dam
  34. 34.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  35. 35.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  38. 38.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. False
  3. a seashell
  4. a solar panel
  5. a mountain
  6. a coral reef
  7. a fridge
  8. make water safe to drink
  9. make power from sunlight
  10. made by engineers
  11. found in nature
  12. cross a wide river
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. made by engineers
  16. a telephone
  17. made by engineers
  18. a road that floods
  19. a dam
  20. a satellite
  21. a water filter
  22. True
  23. how can we build it?
  24. a satellite
  25. science
  26. found in nature
  27. True
  28. a banyan tree
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. True
  32. False
  33. a tunnel
  34. see very tiny things
  35. False
  36. found in nature
  37. a mountain
  38. carry many people far
  39. found in nature
  40. a banyan tree

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