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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 576 · 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 river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  4. 4.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a train
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  16. 16.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  30. 30.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a dam
  36. 36.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a fridge

Answer key

  1. True
  2. designs useful solutions
  3. a cloud
  4. True
  5. False
  6. a microscope
  7. True
  8. made by engineers
  9. a fridge
  10. found in nature
  11. made by engineers
  12. True
  13. False
  14. store water for summer
  15. carry many people far
  16. False
  17. a tunnel
  18. understands the problem
  19. science
  20. False
  21. False
  22. a seashell
  23. a mobile phone
  24. a satellite
  25. a banyan tree
  26. cross a wide river
  27. go through a mountain
  28. a rainbow
  29. a train
  30. how can we build it?
  31. made by engineers
  32. False
  33. True
  34. make water safe to drink
  35. a river
  36. True
  37. False
  38. True
  39. a volcano
  40. a water filter

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