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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 563 · 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 train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  4. 4.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  8. 8.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a telephone
  10. 10.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  11. 11.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  17. 17.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. False
  2. how can we build it?
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. False
  5. a bridge
  6. a rainbow
  7. a solar panel
  8. True
  9. a telephone
  10. keep food fresh longer
  11. talk to someone far away
  12. found in nature
  13. store water for summer
  14. a bridge
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. a coral reef
  17. False
  18. a tunnel
  19. made by engineers
  20. made by engineers
  21. a bridge
  22. False
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a satellite
  28. a lift
  29. found in nature
  30. False
  31. True
  32. found in nature
  33. a microscope
  34. a cloud
  35. False
  36. a mobile phone
  37. False
  38. a water filter
  39. a dam
  40. made by engineers

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