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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 671 · 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.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  6. 6.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  10. 10.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  19. 19.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  21. 21.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a river
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a train
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
  34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a train
  37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. found in nature
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. a fridge
  6. False
  7. reach a top floor fast
  8. True
  9. a rainbow
  10. True
  11. made by engineers
  12. how can we build it?
  13. False
  14. True
  15. understands the problem
  16. True
  17. False
  18. a bridge
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a train
  24. a satellite
  25. made by engineers
  26. False
  27. go through a mountain
  28. a mobile phone
  29. True
  30. False
  31. designs useful solutions
  32. a telephone
  33. a bicycle
  34. make power from sunlight
  35. a mountain
  36. a tunnel
  37. talk to someone far away
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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