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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 672 · 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 railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  3. 3.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  6. 6.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  7. 7.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  10. 10.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
  18. 18.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  21. 21.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
  27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a cloud
  29. 29.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  39. 39.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a seashell
  3. how can we build it?
  4. a bridge
  5. a bridge
  6. reach a top floor fast
  7. False
  8. True
  9. a railway track
  10. True
  11. True
  12. a water filter
  13. False
  14. a waterfall
  15. a rainbow
  16. a road that floods
  17. a dam
  18. False
  19. False
  20. understands the problem
  21. True
  22. False
  23. a lift
  24. a volcano
  25. go through a mountain
  26. a cloud
  27. False
  28. a ceiling fan
  29. talk to someone far away
  30. False
  31. made by engineers
  32. found in nature
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. False
  37. a seashell
  38. designs useful solutions
  39. keep food fresh longer
  40. a railway track

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