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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 631 · 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 ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  2. 2.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  6. 6.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a waterfall
  10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  18. 18.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  33. 33.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a rainbow
  2. store water for summer
  3. True
  4. found in nature
  5. a lift
  6. False
  7. a lift
  8. False
  9. a bicycle
  10. False
  11. see very tiny things
  12. made by engineers
  13. False
  14. go through a mountain
  15. a microscope
  16. science
  17. a bridge
  18. True
  19. a tunnel
  20. a volcano
  21. a dam
  22. True
  23. a ceiling fan
  24. designs useful solutions
  25. a banyan tree
  26. False
  27. found in nature
  28. understands the problem
  29. a solar panel
  30. True
  31. True
  32. a satellite
  33. a road that floods
  34. True
  35. True
  36. found in nature
  37. a seashell
  38. a bridge
  39. False
  40. False

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