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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 469 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  2. 2.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  5. 5.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  8. 8.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  11. 11.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  16. 16.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  17. 17.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a telephone
  19. 19.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
  23. 23.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a seashell
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. False
  3. made by engineers
  4. a river
  5. True
  6. a rainbow
  7. science
  8. False
  9. made by engineers
  10. a rainbow
  11. True
  12. True
  13. False
  14. a railway track
  15. understands the problem
  16. make power from sunlight
  17. how can we build it?
  18. a train
  19. False
  20. True
  21. made by engineers
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. False
  24. made by engineers
  25. a volcano
  26. False
  27. a bridge
  28. True
  29. a satellite
  30. a bridge
  31. False
  32. a bicycle
  33. a volcano
  34. found in nature
  35. False
  36. made by engineers
  37. made by engineers
  38. True
  39. reach a top floor fast
  40. made by engineers

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