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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 448 · 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 mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  4. 4.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a river
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
  18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  22. 22.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a train
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a bridge
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  33. 33.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. made by engineers
  3. a lift
  4. see very tiny things
  5. found in nature
  6. False
  7. a mobile phone
  8. a ceiling fan
  9. False
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. False
  12. a solar panel
  13. True
  14. True
  15. a volcano
  16. False
  17. science
  18. False
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a satellite
  22. cross a wide river
  23. a microscope
  24. a cloud
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. store water for summer
  29. a bridge
  30. made by engineers
  31. a bridge
  32. a lift
  33. False
  34. how can we build it?
  35. understands the problem
  36. found in nature
  37. found in nature
  38. False
  39. True
  40. True

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