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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 621 · 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 bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
  6. 6.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  9. 9.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  10. 10.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  13. 13.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  14. 14.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  29. 29.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  33. 33.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  39. 39.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. science
  3. a volcano
  4. found in nature
  5. cross a wide river
  6. True
  7. made by engineers
  8. a microscope
  9. carry many people far
  10. True
  11. True
  12. a solar panel
  13. store water for summer
  14. True
  15. False
  16. found in nature
  17. True
  18. a banyan tree
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a dam
  22. False
  23. found in nature
  24. go through a mountain
  25. a bicycle
  26. a mobile phone
  27. False
  28. a rainbow
  29. see very tiny things
  30. made by engineers
  31. False
  32. a lift
  33. False
  34. how can we build it?
  35. True
  36. False
  37. False
  38. a road that floods
  39. False
  40. False

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