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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 600 · 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 rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) cooking (d) music
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  27. 27.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  37. 37.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  38. 38.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. a seashell
  3. understands the problem
  4. make water safe to drink
  5. a bridge
  6. made by engineers
  7. store water for summer
  8. a bicycle
  9. designs useful solutions
  10. a telephone
  11. science
  12. made by engineers
  13. a banyan tree
  14. made by engineers
  15. found in nature
  16. see very tiny things
  17. a rainbow
  18. a tunnel
  19. a lift
  20. a water filter
  21. a river
  22. a coral reef
  23. made by engineers
  24. False
  25. False
  26. talk to someone far away
  27. False
  28. a waterfall
  29. a cloud
  30. True
  31. a dam
  32. a cloud
  33. a railway track
  34. found in nature
  35. go through a mountain
  36. keep food fresh longer
  37. reach a top floor fast
  38. True
  39. True
  40. a water filter

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