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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 361 · 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 mountain (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  6. 6.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  8. 8.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a bridge 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) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  26. 26.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  33. 33.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a river
  40. 40.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. a bridge
  3. found in nature
  4. False
  5. a road that floods
  6. True
  7. a lift
  8. False
  9. a banyan tree
  10. made by engineers
  11. understands the problem
  12. made by engineers
  13. True
  14. a bridge
  15. found in nature
  16. talk to someone far away
  17. True
  18. made by engineers
  19. made by engineers
  20. True
  21. made by engineers
  22. False
  23. a tunnel
  24. a coral reef
  25. a satellite
  26. False
  27. False
  28. science
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a waterfall
  32. a cloud
  33. go through a mountain
  34. designs useful solutions
  35. found in nature
  36. a coral reef
  37. a cloud
  38. a volcano
  39. a railway track
  40. True

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