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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 396 · 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 river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  3. 3.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a train
  6. 6.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a bridge
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  25. 25.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  28. 28.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a lift
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  33. 33.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  39. 39.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. False
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. False
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. a dam
  6. cross a wide river
  7. found in nature
  8. made by engineers
  9. a coral reef
  10. a mountain
  11. a seashell
  12. True
  13. how can we build it?
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. False
  16. a water filter
  17. a ceiling fan
  18. found in nature
  19. found in nature
  20. a railway track
  21. a bridge
  22. a bridge
  23. False
  24. a cloud
  25. store water for summer
  26. a ceiling fan
  27. a rainbow
  28. False
  29. a cloud
  30. a lift
  31. True
  32. a seashell
  33. True
  34. talk to someone far away
  35. found in nature
  36. False
  37. False
  38. a fridge
  39. True
  40. a satellite

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