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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 388 · 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.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a telephone
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a river
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  14. 14.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  17. 17.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  21. 21.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a train
  29. 29.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  36. 36.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  37. 37.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. talk to someone far away
  4. a banyan tree
  5. a seashell
  6. a solar panel
  7. a train
  8. a river
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. True
  12. True
  13. a waterfall
  14. True
  15. how can we build it?
  16. a satellite
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a ceiling fan
  20. make power from sunlight
  21. True
  22. found in nature
  23. False
  24. a bicycle
  25. go through a mountain
  26. a lift
  27. a rainbow
  28. a fridge
  29. True
  30. False
  31. store water for summer
  32. a dam
  33. True
  34. False
  35. a volcano
  36. a road that floods
  37. False
  38. a railway track
  39. a seashell
  40. a telephone

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