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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 458 · 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 railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  14. 14.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  20. 20.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
  26. 26.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a waterfall
  29. 29.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  32. 32.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a tunnel
  3. a rainbow
  4. True
  5. a bicycle
  6. a ceiling fan
  7. a microscope
  8. made by engineers
  9. True
  10. reach a top floor fast
  11. found in nature
  12. a dam
  13. carry many people far
  14. a road that floods
  15. True
  16. a mountain
  17. understands the problem
  18. a volcano
  19. a coral reef
  20. see very tiny things
  21. a fridge
  22. a river
  23. a mobile phone
  24. a dam
  25. a bicycle
  26. store water for summer
  27. found in nature
  28. a ceiling fan
  29. how can we build it?
  30. made by engineers
  31. a cloud
  32. False
  33. cross a wide river
  34. made by engineers
  35. made by engineers
  36. a seashell
  37. a lift
  38. True
  39. a waterfall
  40. found in nature

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