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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 682 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  6. 6.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a microscope
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  22. 22.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  28. 28.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  30. 30.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  36. 36.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  40. 40.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight

Answer key

  1. science
  2. a waterfall
  3. a seashell
  4. a river
  5. understands the problem
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. found in nature
  11. a water filter
  12. False
  13. make power from sunlight
  14. a banyan tree
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. True
  18. a water filter
  19. a road that floods
  20. a tunnel
  21. a satellite
  22. False
  23. False
  24. a microscope
  25. False
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. a train
  28. True
  29. a bridge
  30. False
  31. True
  32. a railway track
  33. a coral reef
  34. False
  35. a volcano
  36. False
  37. made by engineers
  38. found in nature
  39. reach a top floor fast
  40. store water for summer

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