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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 659 · 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 water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  3. 3.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  9. 9.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  11. 11.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  12. 12.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
  16. 16.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a river
  20. 20.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  32. 32.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a river
  34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a bicycle
  3. cross a wide river
  4. a mountain
  5. found in nature
  6. a lift
  7. made by engineers
  8. a banyan tree
  9. store water for summer
  10. understands the problem
  11. go through a mountain
  12. True
  13. a coral reef
  14. science
  15. a dam
  16. True
  17. a lift
  18. a banyan tree
  19. a river
  20. True
  21. make power from sunlight
  22. True
  23. False
  24. made by engineers
  25. a dam
  26. False
  27. True
  28. found in nature
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. a satellite
  31. how can we build it?
  32. False
  33. a river
  34. False
  35. talk to someone far away
  36. a cloud
  37. a seashell
  38. reach a top floor fast
  39. False
  40. a waterfall

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