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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 641 · 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 microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  13. 13.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  18. 18.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  27. 27.🛠️ 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
  28. 28.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  33. 33.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  35. 35.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a water filter
  3. found in nature
  4. a dam
  5. True
  6. False
  7. found in nature
  8. a bridge
  9. a banyan tree
  10. a bicycle
  11. a coral reef
  12. understands the problem
  13. True
  14. False
  15. made by engineers
  16. how can we build it?
  17. a solar panel
  18. science
  19. True
  20. True
  21. a dam
  22. found in nature
  23. False
  24. False
  25. True
  26. a waterfall
  27. a road that floods
  28. reach a top floor fast
  29. False
  30. False
  31. see very tiny things
  32. a telephone
  33. False
  34. keep food fresh longer
  35. False
  36. made by engineers
  37. a tunnel
  38. made by engineers
  39. a volcano
  40. designs useful solutions

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