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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 541 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  2. 2.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a dam
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
  8. 8.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a satellite
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  15. 15.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  19. 19.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  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 railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  31. 31.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a train
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  36. 36.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  40. 40.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. True
  3. carry many people far
  4. a train
  5. a ceiling fan
  6. True
  7. understands the problem
  8. True
  9. a waterfall
  10. a rainbow
  11. made by engineers
  12. a bridge
  13. False
  14. science
  15. True
  16. a bridge
  17. a river
  18. a lift
  19. True
  20. made by engineers
  21. a cloud
  22. a bicycle
  23. a dam
  24. how can we build it?
  25. a lift
  26. made by engineers
  27. found in nature
  28. found in nature
  29. found in nature
  30. a waterfall
  31. False
  32. a microscope
  33. a cloud
  34. True
  35. a mobile phone
  36. store water for summer
  37. made by engineers
  38. False
  39. a dam
  40. keep food fresh longer

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