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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 51 · 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 do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  2. 2.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  4. 4.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  24. 24.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  29. 29.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  37. 37.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain

Answer key

  1. understands the problem
  2. True
  3. designs useful solutions
  4. False
  5. a rainbow
  6. made by engineers
  7. made by engineers
  8. a telephone
  9. a seashell
  10. False
  11. science
  12. found in nature
  13. make water safe to drink
  14. a water filter
  15. a seashell
  16. False
  17. False
  18. a solar panel
  19. made by engineers
  20. a railway track
  21. True
  22. a volcano
  23. a bridge
  24. True
  25. False
  26. see very tiny things
  27. a lift
  28. a train
  29. True
  30. a fridge
  31. a tunnel
  32. a cloud
  33. a lift
  34. False
  35. False
  36. make power from sunlight
  37. False
  38. a satellite
  39. a microscope
  40. a water filter

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