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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 399 · 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 need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  4. 4.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  7. 7.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  30. 30.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  38. 38.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. made by engineers
  3. a road that floods
  4. False
  5. how can we build it?
  6. a solar panel
  7. carry many people far
  8. science
  9. a banyan tree
  10. a coral reef
  11. a seashell
  12. a mobile phone
  13. a tunnel
  14. found in nature
  15. False
  16. a rainbow
  17. True
  18. a satellite
  19. a dam
  20. found in nature
  21. a water filter
  22. made by engineers
  23. store water for summer
  24. a telephone
  25. a water filter
  26. True
  27. False
  28. a lift
  29. a fridge
  30. True
  31. found in nature
  32. a lift
  33. True
  34. a mountain
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a river
  38. True
  39. True
  40. a dam

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