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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 677 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
  4. 4.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  6. 6.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  10. 10.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  15. 15.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
  16. 16.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  23. 23.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  32. 32.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  37. 37.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. a bicycle
  3. a coral reef
  4. True
  5. a water filter
  6. True
  7. made by engineers
  8. made by engineers
  9. make power from sunlight
  10. False
  11. found in nature
  12. a telephone
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. a waterfall
  15. reach a top floor fast
  16. True
  17. cross a wide river
  18. False
  19. found in nature
  20. a microscope
  21. a solar panel
  22. a rainbow
  23. True
  24. False
  25. a dam
  26. found in nature
  27. False
  28. a bridge
  29. a lift
  30. a road that floods
  31. a mountain
  32. store water for summer
  33. a ceiling fan
  34. True
  35. True
  36. a tunnel
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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