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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 595 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  4. 4.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
  9. 9.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  21. 21.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  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 waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a waterfall
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a lift
  40. 40.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. False
  3. a tunnel
  4. store water for summer
  5. carry many people far
  6. make power from sunlight
  7. cross a wide river
  8. a ceiling fan
  9. keep food fresh longer
  10. made by engineers
  11. a coral reef
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. False
  14. a dam
  15. a satellite
  16. made by engineers
  17. a solar panel
  18. a banyan tree
  19. a telephone
  20. a bridge
  21. a road that floods
  22. False
  23. see very tiny things
  24. a bicycle
  25. understands the problem
  26. True
  27. found in nature
  28. True
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a river
  32. a railway track
  33. found in nature
  34. a lift
  35. True
  36. True
  37. True
  38. a rainbow
  39. a river
  40. reach a top floor fast

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