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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 687 · 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 train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a train
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  7. 7.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
  11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  13. 13.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
  17. 17.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a river
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
  29. 29.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a bridge
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
  38. 38.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a road that floods
  3. found in nature
  4. made by engineers
  5. a microscope
  6. a telephone
  7. cross a wide river
  8. a water filter
  9. how can we build it?
  10. a cloud
  11. science
  12. understands the problem
  13. see very tiny things
  14. a railway track
  15. a cloud
  16. a seashell
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a mountain
  20. False
  21. a bridge
  22. made by engineers
  23. make power from sunlight
  24. a mobile phone
  25. a satellite
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. True
  28. a lift
  29. False
  30. made by engineers
  31. go through a mountain
  32. a lift
  33. False
  34. carry many people far
  35. False
  36. a fridge
  37. a river
  38. True
  39. False
  40. a banyan tree

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