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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 459 · 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.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a cloud
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  14. 14.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a dam
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  37. 37.🛠️ 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?
  38. 38.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track

Answer key

  1. a train
  2. found in nature
  3. False
  4. a dam
  5. a rainbow
  6. True
  7. a telephone
  8. a microscope
  9. made by engineers
  10. science
  11. a dam
  12. keep food fresh longer
  13. understands the problem
  14. False
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. a tunnel
  17. a seashell
  18. found in nature
  19. True
  20. True
  21. carry many people far
  22. a mobile phone
  23. False
  24. a mobile phone
  25. cross a wide river
  26. a bicycle
  27. made by engineers
  28. found in nature
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a road that floods
  32. a volcano
  33. a seashell
  34. found in nature
  35. False
  36. a waterfall
  37. how can we build it?
  38. True
  39. a bridge
  40. a coral reef

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