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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 628 · 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 tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  2. 2.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  16. 16.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a railway track
  20. 20.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  29. 29.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a lift
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a train

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. True
  3. False
  4. see very tiny things
  5. understands the problem
  6. a dam
  7. a microscope
  8. a bridge
  9. a mountain
  10. False
  11. made by engineers
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. found in nature
  15. a bridge
  16. cross a wide river
  17. False
  18. a seashell
  19. a river
  20. a road that floods
  21. a lift
  22. True
  23. a fridge
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. make water safe to drink
  27. found in nature
  28. carry many people far
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. a dam
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a solar panel
  37. a dam
  38. a seashell
  39. a mountain
  40. a water filter

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