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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 626 · 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 telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
  13. 13.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a satellite
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  24. 24.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  26. 26.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  28. 28.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  29. 29.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  32. 32.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  39. 39.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. talk to someone far away
  2. a telephone
  3. a bridge
  4. cross a wide river
  5. False
  6. a ceiling fan
  7. make water safe to drink
  8. a satellite
  9. made by engineers
  10. True
  11. a lift
  12. science
  13. how can we build it?
  14. a river
  15. found in nature
  16. False
  17. a bridge
  18. True
  19. made by engineers
  20. a dam
  21. made by engineers
  22. True
  23. understands the problem
  24. reach a top floor fast
  25. designs useful solutions
  26. make power from sunlight
  27. a solar panel
  28. a road that floods
  29. True
  30. True
  31. a bicycle
  32. True
  33. a volcano
  34. a rainbow
  35. True
  36. carry many people far
  37. a banyan tree
  38. a mountain
  39. False
  40. a tunnel

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