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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 524 · 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 lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a train
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a train
  13. 13.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a satellite
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a river
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  39. 39.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a solar panel
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. make water safe to drink
  6. found in nature
  7. a mobile phone
  8. a train
  9. a railway track
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. made by engineers
  12. a lift
  13. store water for summer
  14. a banyan tree
  15. made by engineers
  16. a bridge
  17. a ceiling fan
  18. found in nature
  19. found in nature
  20. a volcano
  21. False
  22. True
  23. True
  24. a railway track
  25. a cloud
  26. a tunnel
  27. found in nature
  28. True
  29. a water filter
  30. understands the problem
  31. made by engineers
  32. True
  33. a mountain
  34. make power from sunlight
  35. False
  36. True
  37. found in nature
  38. a banyan tree
  39. False
  40. False

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