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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 445 · 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 tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  10. 10.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a train
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  33. 33.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a river
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. a road that floods
  3. True
  4. made by engineers
  5. made by engineers
  6. found in nature
  7. a water filter
  8. understands the problem
  9. designs useful solutions
  10. how can we build it?
  11. False
  12. a tunnel
  13. True
  14. a cloud
  15. a dam
  16. made by engineers
  17. reach a top floor fast
  18. True
  19. a microscope
  20. found in nature
  21. a bridge
  22. True
  23. store water for summer
  24. a fridge
  25. a waterfall
  26. made by engineers
  27. made by engineers
  28. a lift
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. True
  32. a river
  33. False
  34. a bridge
  35. a telephone
  36. a seashell
  37. science
  38. False
  39. a railway track
  40. found in nature

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