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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 577 · 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 need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  7. 7.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a river
  13. 13.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  21. 21.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a train
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. reach a top floor fast
  2. a bicycle
  3. designs useful solutions
  4. a waterfall
  5. found in nature
  6. a microscope
  7. False
  8. a bridge
  9. a coral reef
  10. made by engineers
  11. how can we build it?
  12. a river
  13. False
  14. a telephone
  15. a fridge
  16. a water filter
  17. a bridge
  18. True
  19. science
  20. a volcano
  21. False
  22. True
  23. False
  24. a rainbow
  25. True
  26. made by engineers
  27. a railway track
  28. True
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. a waterfall
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. a bridge
  35. found in nature
  36. make water safe to drink
  37. a train
  38. False
  39. False
  40. a bicycle

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