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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 612 · 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 seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  8. 8.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  21. 21.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ 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
  26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a dam
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  39. 39.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a water filter
  3. understands the problem
  4. False
  5. reach a top floor fast
  6. made by engineers
  7. a lift
  8. True
  9. a mobile phone
  10. make power from sunlight
  11. made by engineers
  12. a bridge
  13. made by engineers
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. a volcano
  16. found in nature
  17. how can we build it?
  18. a satellite
  19. a train
  20. designs useful solutions
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. made by engineers
  25. a road that floods
  26. False
  27. made by engineers
  28. a dam
  29. cross a wide river
  30. a mountain
  31. made by engineers
  32. a telephone
  33. a bridge
  34. True
  35. a solar panel
  36. found in nature
  37. a river
  38. a cloud
  39. keep food fresh longer
  40. a microscope

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