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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 624 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a volcano
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a bridge
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  14. 14.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  18. 18.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano
  28. 28.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  37. 37.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a dam
  40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. how can we build it?
  3. found in nature
  4. True
  5. False
  6. found in nature
  7. a tunnel
  8. True
  9. talk to someone far away
  10. a train
  11. a lift
  12. science
  13. a bridge
  14. False
  15. a bridge
  16. made by engineers
  17. understands the problem
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. False
  22. False
  23. True
  24. a seashell
  25. a fridge
  26. a microscope
  27. a bicycle
  28. make power from sunlight
  29. made by engineers
  30. a road that floods
  31. False
  32. keep food fresh longer
  33. a rainbow
  34. found in nature
  35. a seashell
  36. designs useful solutions
  37. False
  38. a waterfall
  39. a river
  40. False

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