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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 356 · 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 mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  16. 16.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a train
  19. 19.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  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) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  25. 25.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. made by engineers
  3. a water filter
  4. a banyan tree
  5. a rainbow
  6. False
  7. a volcano
  8. a cloud
  9. see very tiny things
  10. a banyan tree
  11. True
  12. found in nature
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a mountain
  16. True
  17. True
  18. a train
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. a bridge
  22. a mountain
  23. talk to someone far away
  24. how can we build it?
  25. False
  26. a dam
  27. a telephone
  28. False
  29. a bridge
  30. found in nature
  31. understands the problem
  32. a microscope
  33. cross a wide river
  34. False
  35. True
  36. science
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a water filter

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