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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 471 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  2. 2.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  8. 8.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  17. 17.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a lift
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  31. 31.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a train
  33. 33.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. how can we build it?
  2. keep food fresh longer
  3. a road that floods
  4. a telephone
  5. a mobile phone
  6. science
  7. a rainbow
  8. make power from sunlight
  9. a seashell
  10. found in nature
  11. True
  12. a train
  13. a waterfall
  14. a dam
  15. made by engineers
  16. a seashell
  17. store water for summer
  18. found in nature
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a railway track
  22. found in nature
  23. found in nature
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a lift
  27. a bridge
  28. False
  29. a lift
  30. a rainbow
  31. True
  32. a water filter
  33. True
  34. cross a wide river
  35. False
  36. False
  37. see very tiny things
  38. made by engineers
  39. go through a mountain
  40. found in nature

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