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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 444 · 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 banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  4. 4.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a river
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
  31. 31.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  38. 38.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow

Answer key

  1. a banyan tree
  2. see very tiny things
  3. a bridge
  4. False
  5. cross a wide river
  6. found in nature
  7. False
  8. science
  9. False
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. made by engineers
  15. made by engineers
  16. made by engineers
  17. a river
  18. a volcano
  19. found in nature
  20. False
  21. a lift
  22. True
  23. a lift
  24. a rainbow
  25. a mountain
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a cloud
  30. a lift
  31. carry many people far
  32. a railway track
  33. True
  34. a cloud
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. a ceiling fan
  38. a road that floods
  39. True
  40. a satellite

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