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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 513 · 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 bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  9. 9.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  11. 11.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  13. 13.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a microscope
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  27. 27.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
  34. 34.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer

Answer key

  1. a banyan tree
  2. made by engineers
  3. a lift
  4. found in nature
  5. a fridge
  6. True
  7. a road that floods
  8. science
  9. True
  10. reach a top floor fast
  11. False
  12. a telephone
  13. False
  14. found in nature
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. a coral reef
  17. a microscope
  18. found in nature
  19. True
  20. False
  21. False
  22. make power from sunlight
  23. a water filter
  24. a satellite
  25. a banyan tree
  26. a volcano
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a cloud
  31. a seashell
  32. a tunnel
  33. a water filter
  34. how can we build it?
  35. made by engineers
  36. made by engineers
  37. understands the problem
  38. True
  39. False
  40. go through a mountain

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