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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 587 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  6. 6.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  10. 10.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  12. 12.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  14. 14.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  18. 18.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a dam
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a bridge
  26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  29. 29.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  39. 39.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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