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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 638 · 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.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a lift
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a river
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a volcano
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
  22. 22.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a river
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a fridge

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a seashell
  3. understands the problem
  4. a mobile phone
  5. a ceiling fan
  6. make water safe to drink
  7. a mountain
  8. True
  9. a volcano
  10. a river
  11. a bridge
  12. a microscope
  13. found in nature
  14. a lift
  15. a water filter
  16. a bridge
  17. False
  18. a seashell
  19. False
  20. True
  21. science
  22. True
  23. a bicycle
  24. see very tiny things
  25. a mountain
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a banyan tree
  28. found in nature
  29. a satellite
  30. a coral reef
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. False
  35. made by engineers
  36. a cloud
  37. found in nature
  38. a coral reef
  39. found in nature
  40. a lift

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