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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 499 · 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 found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  2. 2.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  4. 4.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  7. 7.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a river
  9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  13. 13.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  15. 15.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  24. 24.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a river
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  37. 37.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  40. 40.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink

Answer key

  1. a seashell
  2. True
  3. a road that floods
  4. True
  5. a mountain
  6. a microscope
  7. True
  8. a satellite
  9. see very tiny things
  10. found in nature
  11. False
  12. make water safe to drink
  13. cross a wide river
  14. science
  15. False
  16. a mountain
  17. True
  18. how can we build it?
  19. a dam
  20. a cloud
  21. found in nature
  22. a bicycle
  23. a mobile phone
  24. store water for summer
  25. go through a mountain
  26. True
  27. a bridge
  28. a bridge
  29. a water filter
  30. made by engineers
  31. understands the problem
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. a fridge
  37. True
  38. True
  39. a water filter
  40. talk to someone far away

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