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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 523 · 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 bridge (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  3. 3.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a river
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  16. 16.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
  19. 19.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  26. 26.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  29. 29.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  34. 34.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  35. 35.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a water filter
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a volcano
  39. 39.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a rainbow
  2. science
  3. True
  4. store water for summer
  5. a rainbow
  6. found in nature
  7. True
  8. a mountain
  9. a banyan tree
  10. False
  11. False
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a river
  15. a dam
  16. True
  17. False
  18. a ceiling fan
  19. False
  20. True
  21. made by engineers
  22. True
  23. found in nature
  24. made by engineers
  25. designs useful solutions
  26. keep food fresh longer
  27. made by engineers
  28. see very tiny things
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. a lift
  34. make water safe to drink
  35. False
  36. understands the problem
  37. a water filter
  38. a lift
  39. how can we build it?
  40. False

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