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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 441 · 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 tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  8. 8.🛠️ 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?
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a bridge
  10. 10.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  16. 16.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  24. 24.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  32. 32.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a train
  34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
  36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. found in nature
  4. a banyan tree
  5. True
  6. made by engineers
  7. see very tiny things
  8. how can we build it?
  9. a bridge
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. a water filter
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. False
  17. a water filter
  18. a dam
  19. science
  20. a cloud
  21. a telephone
  22. a dam
  23. cross a wide river
  24. False
  25. a road that floods
  26. a waterfall
  27. True
  28. a tunnel
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. understands the problem
  32. False
  33. a microscope
  34. go through a mountain
  35. a volcano
  36. carry many people far
  37. a coral reef
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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