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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 348 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  6. 6.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
  8. 8.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  12. 12.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a telephone
  19. 19.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a dam
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  26. 26.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a telephone
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  31. 31.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  34. 34.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. how can we build it?
  2. made by engineers
  3. True
  4. False
  5. understands the problem
  6. cross a wide river
  7. a bicycle
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. False
  11. a waterfall
  12. False
  13. a volcano
  14. found in nature
  15. carry many people far
  16. made by engineers
  17. a rainbow
  18. a microscope
  19. False
  20. False
  21. made by engineers
  22. made by engineers
  23. a tunnel
  24. a river
  25. a bridge
  26. True
  27. a train
  28. False
  29. made by engineers
  30. a bridge
  31. a road that floods
  32. a solar panel
  33. a dam
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. found in nature
  37. designs useful solutions
  38. made by engineers
  39. found in nature
  40. made by engineers

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