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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 402 · 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 mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a train
  3. 3.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  12. 12.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  20. 20.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  22. 22.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  27. 27.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  29. 29.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a bridge
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a train
  3. science
  4. a satellite
  5. True
  6. a railway track
  7. a mountain
  8. a waterfall
  9. True
  10. a banyan tree
  11. a water filter
  12. False
  13. found in nature
  14. made by engineers
  15. a ceiling fan
  16. a bicycle
  17. a seashell
  18. a microscope
  19. a bridge
  20. keep food fresh longer
  21. designs useful solutions
  22. True
  23. True
  24. made by engineers
  25. store water for summer
  26. a mountain
  27. how can we build it?
  28. carry many people far
  29. go through a mountain
  30. True
  31. a dam
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. made by engineers
  35. a road that floods
  36. a bridge
  37. a river
  38. found in nature
  39. make power from sunlight
  40. understands the problem

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