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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 421 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  7. 7.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a train
  12. 12.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  17. 17.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a railway track
  19. 19.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  28. 28.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  31. 31.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  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 mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle

Answer key

  1. a waterfall
  2. True
  3. True
  4. made by engineers
  5. talk to someone far away
  6. a ceiling fan
  7. False
  8. found in nature
  9. go through a mountain
  10. True
  11. a fridge
  12. True
  13. a satellite
  14. False
  15. understands the problem
  16. designs useful solutions
  17. carry many people far
  18. a railway track
  19. True
  20. store water for summer
  21. a river
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. a bicycle
  25. a bridge
  26. how can we build it?
  27. a dam
  28. False
  29. False
  30. a bicycle
  31. a road that floods
  32. a volcano
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. a rainbow
  36. a telephone
  37. made by engineers
  38. found in nature
  39. a lift
  40. a mountain

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