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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 50 · 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.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  3. 3.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  13. 13.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a dam
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  30. 30.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  35. 35.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  37. 37.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ 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?
  40. 40.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. science
  3. True
  4. a lift
  5. made by engineers
  6. True
  7. True
  8. a telephone
  9. a waterfall
  10. False
  11. a road that floods
  12. a dam
  13. talk to someone far away
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. a tunnel
  16. a mobile phone
  17. a banyan tree
  18. True
  19. cross a wide river
  20. a lift
  21. False
  22. made by engineers
  23. made by engineers
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. found in nature
  26. a satellite
  27. a bicycle
  28. True
  29. a banyan tree
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. a mountain
  35. False
  36. a cloud
  37. False
  38. False
  39. how can we build it?
  40. True

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