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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 420 · 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 waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ 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?
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  13. 13.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  15. 15.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a river
  17. 17.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  22. 22.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a water filter 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 coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  26. 26.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  33. 33.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. False
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. made by engineers
  4. False
  5. how can we build it?
  6. a cloud
  7. found in nature
  8. True
  9. True
  10. a mobile phone
  11. a volcano
  12. a mountain
  13. False
  14. a lift
  15. True
  16. a satellite
  17. False
  18. a road that floods
  19. a railway track
  20. False
  21. a waterfall
  22. science
  23. made by engineers
  24. a coral reef
  25. a fridge
  26. store water for summer
  27. found in nature
  28. a banyan tree
  29. a water filter
  30. False
  31. True
  32. cross a wide river
  33. keep food fresh longer
  34. False
  35. a mountain
  36. found in nature
  37. True
  38. False
  39. a tunnel
  40. a bridge

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