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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 480 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  5. 5.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  8. 8.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
  10. 10.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  17. 17.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  25. 25.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  28. 28.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  31. 31.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. a bicycle
  2. a dam
  3. a rainbow
  4. a volcano
  5. False
  6. False
  7. see very tiny things
  8. False
  9. a bridge
  10. False
  11. True
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. found in nature
  14. a water filter
  15. False
  16. a dam
  17. how can we build it?
  18. True
  19. reach a top floor fast
  20. a microscope
  21. made by engineers
  22. a railway track
  23. found in nature
  24. a dam
  25. make water safe to drink
  26. made by engineers
  27. a river
  28. True
  29. False
  30. a ceiling fan
  31. science
  32. a satellite
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. found in nature
  36. False
  37. a seashell
  38. False
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. a water filter

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