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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 373 · 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) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  2. 2.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a telephone
  11. 11.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  21. 21.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a satellite 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 cloud (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  27. 27.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a lift
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a river
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a river

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. talk to someone far away
  3. False
  4. a solar panel
  5. a road that floods
  6. a bicycle
  7. found in nature
  8. a lift
  9. understands the problem
  10. a telephone
  11. False
  12. make power from sunlight
  13. False
  14. made by engineers
  15. False
  16. a ceiling fan
  17. a volcano
  18. a mobile phone
  19. a bridge
  20. a dam
  21. False
  22. found in nature
  23. a satellite
  24. made by engineers
  25. a bridge
  26. a seashell
  27. True
  28. True
  29. science
  30. False
  31. False
  32. a microscope
  33. False
  34. a waterfall
  35. a tunnel
  36. True
  37. a mobile phone
  38. how can we build it?
  39. a river
  40. a satellite

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