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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 632 · 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 water filter (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  4. 4.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  12. 12.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  19. 19.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  26. 26.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  28. 28.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ 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
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a lift

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. a train
  3. a ceiling fan
  4. True
  5. science
  6. made by engineers
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. found in nature
  9. False
  10. False
  11. a telephone
  12. False
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. True
  16. a dam
  17. a solar panel
  18. a banyan tree
  19. False
  20. True
  21. found in nature
  22. a lift
  23. a mountain
  24. cross a wide river
  25. a bridge
  26. keep food fresh longer
  27. a cloud
  28. reach a top floor fast
  29. False
  30. a road that floods
  31. a tunnel
  32. a cloud
  33. a rainbow
  34. False
  35. False
  36. a waterfall
  37. a satellite
  38. False
  39. a fridge
  40. a water filter

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