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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 637 · 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.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a dam
  11. 11.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  13. 13.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a river
  17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  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 bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  33. 33.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. found in nature
  3. a mountain
  4. found in nature
  5. True
  6. False
  7. found in nature
  8. a road that floods
  9. True
  10. a dam
  11. True
  12. a coral reef
  13. True
  14. talk to someone far away
  15. True
  16. a dam
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a mountain
  20. a river
  21. True
  22. a fridge
  23. a bridge
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. False
  27. a water filter
  28. found in nature
  29. True
  30. a lift
  31. made by engineers
  32. a microscope
  33. how can we build it?
  34. understands the problem
  35. False
  36. found in nature
  37. made by engineers
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. True

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