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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 427 · 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 need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  3. 3.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a river
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  10. 10.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  11. 11.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  17. 17.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  20. 20.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. keep food fresh longer
  2. a water filter
  3. False
  4. made by engineers
  5. a cloud
  6. found in nature
  7. False
  8. a bridge
  9. how can we build it?
  10. cross a wide river
  11. False
  12. a train
  13. True
  14. a ceiling fan
  15. a satellite
  16. a bicycle
  17. make power from sunlight
  18. True
  19. a fridge
  20. go through a mountain
  21. a rainbow
  22. found in nature
  23. designs useful solutions
  24. a tunnel
  25. a bridge
  26. a mountain
  27. a telephone
  28. a seashell
  29. found in nature
  30. store water for summer
  31. found in nature
  32. made by engineers
  33. a cloud
  34. True
  35. False
  36. False
  37. see very tiny things
  38. False
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. a dam

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