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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 518 · 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 mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  12. 12.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  13. 13.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
  16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a bridge
  32. 32.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a dam
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a volcano
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a lift
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. True
  5. True
  6. False
  7. made by engineers
  8. found in nature
  9. False
  10. a volcano
  11. how can we build it?
  12. carry many people far
  13. False
  14. designs useful solutions
  15. a water filter
  16. False
  17. a river
  18. False
  19. a road that floods
  20. a bicycle
  21. found in nature
  22. True
  23. a mountain
  24. True
  25. see very tiny things
  26. a bridge
  27. False
  28. a telephone
  29. a seashell
  30. a railway track
  31. a bridge
  32. False
  33. a banyan tree
  34. a satellite
  35. False
  36. False
  37. True
  38. False
  39. made by engineers
  40. a mobile phone

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