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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 538 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
  4. 4.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
  7. 7.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  9. 9.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  14. 14.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  23. 23.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a river
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a bicycle
  2. a railway track
  3. a waterfall
  4. False
  5. found in nature
  6. a mountain
  7. False
  8. make water safe to drink
  9. True
  10. True
  11. found in nature
  12. made by engineers
  13. how can we build it?
  14. True
  15. False
  16. False
  17. a railway track
  18. True
  19. a rainbow
  20. made by engineers
  21. a cloud
  22. a solar panel
  23. True
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. understands the problem
  26. a water filter
  27. a tunnel
  28. a water filter
  29. a train
  30. a coral reef
  31. a satellite
  32. False
  33. a bridge
  34. a volcano
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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