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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 656 · 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 dam (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  4. 4.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a train
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a mountain
  12. 12.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  14. 14.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  23. 23.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  30. 30.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  33. 33.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. a banyan tree
  2. False
  3. how can we build it?
  4. True
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a train
  8. a road that floods
  9. found in nature
  10. made by engineers
  11. a lift
  12. True
  13. go through a mountain
  14. keep food fresh longer
  15. designs useful solutions
  16. a satellite
  17. False
  18. True
  19. False
  20. found in nature
  21. made by engineers
  22. a coral reef
  23. False
  24. store water for summer
  25. found in nature
  26. found in nature
  27. True
  28. False
  29. a bridge
  30. False
  31. False
  32. see very tiny things
  33. True
  34. a microscope
  35. False
  36. a tunnel
  37. a lift
  38. False
  39. science
  40. a volcano

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