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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 372 · 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 found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a bridge
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  17. 17.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a mountain
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  32. 32.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  33. 33.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a waterfall

Answer key

  1. a river
  2. designs useful solutions
  3. a cloud
  4. found in nature
  5. a railway track
  6. a dam
  7. a seashell
  8. made by engineers
  9. False
  10. a fridge
  11. a seashell
  12. found in nature
  13. True
  14. a tunnel
  15. made by engineers
  16. see very tiny things
  17. store water for summer
  18. found in nature
  19. a ceiling fan
  20. a lift
  21. found in nature
  22. a waterfall
  23. a bridge
  24. made by engineers
  25. a water filter
  26. True
  27. True
  28. False
  29. found in nature
  30. made by engineers
  31. a satellite
  32. make power from sunlight
  33. False
  34. a train
  35. False
  36. a bicycle
  37. a lift
  38. found in nature
  39. a lift
  40. a dam

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