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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 468 · 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 telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a dam
  3. 3.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  5. 5.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  6. 6.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a volcano
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a river
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  25. 25.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  26. 26.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a river
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a coral reef
  3. True
  4. a lift
  5. how can we build it?
  6. True
  7. False
  8. a coral reef
  9. a water filter
  10. a seashell
  11. a ceiling fan
  12. a mobile phone
  13. a bicycle
  14. made by engineers
  15. found in nature
  16. a rainbow
  17. a river
  18. made by engineers
  19. found in nature
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. carry many people far
  26. True
  27. make power from sunlight
  28. found in nature
  29. False
  30. a dam
  31. False
  32. False
  33. a mountain
  34. a bridge
  35. science
  36. made by engineers
  37. True
  38. a solar panel
  39. a dam
  40. found in nature

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