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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 560 · 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.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
  17. 17.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a river
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a train
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. False
  2. found in nature
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. cross a wide river
  6. True
  7. False
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. a mobile phone
  11. designs useful solutions
  12. a tunnel
  13. False
  14. False
  15. understands the problem
  16. science
  17. True
  18. a lift
  19. a rainbow
  20. True
  21. a seashell
  22. made by engineers
  23. a road that floods
  24. False
  25. how can we build it?
  26. a coral reef
  27. made by engineers
  28. True
  29. a lift
  30. False
  31. keep food fresh longer
  32. a mountain
  33. a mountain
  34. a water filter
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a dam
  38. a dam
  39. a telephone
  40. a coral reef

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