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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 450 · 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.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a train
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  13. 13.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  15. 15.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a lift
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  21. 21.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a cloud
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  40. 40.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. False
  3. True
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. a volcano
  6. a mountain
  7. False
  8. False
  9. a train
  10. a bridge
  11. found in nature
  12. how can we build it?
  13. True
  14. a river
  15. True
  16. a volcano
  17. a bicycle
  18. cross a wide river
  19. made by engineers
  20. a cloud
  21. False
  22. carry many people far
  23. True
  24. a railway track
  25. a waterfall
  26. False
  27. False
  28. a satellite
  29. understands the problem
  30. a lift
  31. True
  32. go through a mountain
  33. False
  34. False
  35. a seashell
  36. a mobile phone
  37. False
  38. False
  39. store water for summer
  40. True

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