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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 512 · 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 water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a river
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  10. 10.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  13. 13.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  15. 15.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  17. 17.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  19. 19.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  29. 29.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
  36. 36.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. True
  3. made by engineers
  4. False
  5. a lift
  6. False
  7. a mountain
  8. understands the problem
  9. a solar panel
  10. True
  11. False
  12. a road that floods
  13. False
  14. science
  15. True
  16. a railway track
  17. True
  18. designs useful solutions
  19. False
  20. found in nature
  21. a volcano
  22. True
  23. False
  24. found in nature
  25. True
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a satellite
  28. a banyan tree
  29. False
  30. how can we build it?
  31. a water filter
  32. False
  33. True
  34. see very tiny things
  35. carry many people far
  36. False
  37. a fridge
  38. a banyan tree
  39. store water for summer
  40. a mountain

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