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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 610 · 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 banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  4. 4.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  8. 8.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  17. 17.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  18. 18.🛠️ 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?
  19. 19.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  30. 30.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a train
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a seashell

Answer key

  1. False
  2. reach a top floor fast
  3. a seashell
  4. False
  5. a dam
  6. False
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. a lift
  11. a rainbow
  12. found in nature
  13. False
  14. True
  15. found in nature
  16. make power from sunlight
  17. go through a mountain
  18. how can we build it?
  19. True
  20. False
  21. store water for summer
  22. False
  23. a mountain
  24. made by engineers
  25. a tunnel
  26. a river
  27. a cloud
  28. a mountain
  29. a bicycle
  30. False
  31. a mobile phone
  32. False
  33. found in nature
  34. a microscope
  35. True
  36. a train
  37. made by engineers
  38. True
  39. found in nature
  40. a satellite

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