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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 42 · 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.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ 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?
  3. 3.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  5. 5.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  8. 8.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  9. 9.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  14. 14.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  15. 15.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  25. 25.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  29. 29.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  32. 32.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  37. 37.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. how can we build it?
  3. True
  4. a solar panel
  5. talk to someone far away
  6. made by engineers
  7. a mountain
  8. see very tiny things
  9. False
  10. made by engineers
  11. designs useful solutions
  12. found in nature
  13. a bicycle
  14. a road that floods
  15. False
  16. False
  17. False
  18. a dam
  19. False
  20. science
  21. a seashell
  22. False
  23. found in nature
  24. understands the problem
  25. False
  26. False
  27. make power from sunlight
  28. a volcano
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a ceiling fan
  32. True
  33. False
  34. made by engineers
  35. make water safe to drink
  36. a train
  37. True
  38. a satellite
  39. a mountain
  40. a waterfall

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