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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 355 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  3. 3.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  19. 19.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  20. 20.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  27. 27.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  35. 35.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  36. 36.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  38. 38.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  40. 40.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. a bridge
  3. True
  4. a cloud
  5. found in nature
  6. True
  7. a water filter
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. found in nature
  11. understands the problem
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a microscope
  15. made by engineers
  16. cross a wide river
  17. found in nature
  18. a railway track
  19. make water safe to drink
  20. False
  21. found in nature
  22. a rainbow
  23. made by engineers
  24. go through a mountain
  25. True
  26. how can we build it?
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a banyan tree
  30. a bridge
  31. a river
  32. True
  33. a cloud
  34. a railway track
  35. keep food fresh longer
  36. False
  37. a train
  38. see very tiny things
  39. a dam
  40. False

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