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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 403 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a river
  2. 2.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  9. 9.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a train
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a train
  27. 27.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  29. 29.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  30. 30.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. True
  3. False
  4. found in nature
  5. False
  6. a water filter
  7. a bicycle
  8. a seashell
  9. a road that floods
  10. a microscope
  11. made by engineers
  12. understands the problem
  13. a lift
  14. a bridge
  15. a seashell
  16. a dam
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. a railway track
  22. see very tiny things
  23. made by engineers
  24. a banyan tree
  25. a solar panel
  26. a bridge
  27. False
  28. a coral reef
  29. store water for summer
  30. science
  31. how can we build it?
  32. made by engineers
  33. go through a mountain
  34. False
  35. talk to someone far away
  36. a lift
  37. a volcano
  38. True
  39. a tunnel
  40. a bridge

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