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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 387 · 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 bridge (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  4. 4.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano
  18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a river
  22. 22.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  24. 24.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  29. 29.🛠️ 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?
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle

Answer key

  1. a rainbow
  2. False
  3. a tunnel
  4. True
  5. found in nature
  6. made by engineers
  7. a rainbow
  8. a water filter
  9. science
  10. a river
  11. False
  12. made by engineers
  13. False
  14. True
  15. False
  16. see very tiny things
  17. a water filter
  18. True
  19. talk to someone far away
  20. a solar panel
  21. a satellite
  22. True
  23. a mobile phone
  24. False
  25. carry many people far
  26. found in nature
  27. cross a wide river
  28. a waterfall
  29. how can we build it?
  30. a dam
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. a coral reef
  33. a lift
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. keep food fresh longer
  38. found in nature
  39. a train
  40. a cloud

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