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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 652 · 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 found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  11. 11.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a dam 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 ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  25. 25.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  40. 40.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things

Answer key

  1. a seashell
  2. False
  3. a lift
  4. made by engineers
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. how can we build it?
  11. make water safe to drink
  12. a bridge
  13. a bicycle
  14. a rainbow
  15. a mountain
  16. a volcano
  17. science
  18. a railway track
  19. made by engineers
  20. a river
  21. made by engineers
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. a mountain
  24. a volcano
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. False
  29. found in nature
  30. carry many people far
  31. a railway track
  32. found in nature
  33. True
  34. go through a mountain
  35. made by engineers
  36. False
  37. designs useful solutions
  38. a dam
  39. a water filter
  40. see very tiny things

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