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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 662 · 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 railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  4. 4.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  5. 5.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a seashell
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  15. 15.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a river
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
  24. 24.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  27. 27.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a train
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
  35. 35.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. made by engineers
  3. a dam
  4. reach a top floor fast
  5. False
  6. a telephone
  7. made by engineers
  8. True
  9. a dam
  10. science
  11. False
  12. True
  13. found in nature
  14. a road that floods
  15. False
  16. talk to someone far away
  17. a river
  18. a bridge
  19. a bridge
  20. a mobile phone
  21. found in nature
  22. designs useful solutions
  23. a rainbow
  24. store water for summer
  25. a satellite
  26. a mountain
  27. how can we build it?
  28. a cloud
  29. True
  30. True
  31. a lift
  32. True
  33. True
  34. a satellite
  35. False
  36. cross a wide river
  37. a microscope
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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