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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 620 · 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 need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  15. 15.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
  30. 30.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  35. 35.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  39. 39.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. keep food fresh longer
  2. a cloud
  3. a road that floods
  4. a volcano
  5. made by engineers
  6. False
  7. True
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. a banyan tree
  11. False
  12. a railway track
  13. False
  14. make water safe to drink
  15. True
  16. go through a mountain
  17. made by engineers
  18. False
  19. reach a top floor fast
  20. made by engineers
  21. carry many people far
  22. False
  23. a banyan tree
  24. a mountain
  25. True
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. a satellite
  28. a mobile phone
  29. a water filter
  30. False
  31. a bridge
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a dam
  35. False
  36. a bicycle
  37. made by engineers
  38. cross a wide river
  39. False
  40. found in nature

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