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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 545 · 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 waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  4. 4.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  9. 9.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a bridge
  20. 20.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ 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?
  23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  24. 24.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
  29. 29.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  33. 33.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  36. 36.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a water filter
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a fridge
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a river
  40. 40.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a satellite
  2. designs useful solutions
  3. a coral reef
  4. talk to someone far away
  5. a cloud
  6. a water filter
  7. True
  8. a mountain
  9. False
  10. found in nature
  11. True
  12. True
  13. True
  14. found in nature
  15. made by engineers
  16. True
  17. reach a top floor fast
  18. False
  19. a river
  20. False
  21. False
  22. how can we build it?
  23. a road that floods
  24. True
  25. False
  26. cross a wide river
  27. True
  28. make water safe to drink
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. a telephone
  32. science
  33. True
  34. False
  35. a mountain
  36. store water for summer
  37. a bridge
  38. a train
  39. a bicycle
  40. False

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