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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 698 · 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 fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  8. 8.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  25. 25.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a coral reef
  38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  39. 39.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a microscope
  3. a waterfall
  4. a solar panel
  5. a road that floods
  6. a mountain
  7. a mountain
  8. store water for summer
  9. made by engineers
  10. True
  11. make power from sunlight
  12. found in nature
  13. a tunnel
  14. a dam
  15. a bridge
  16. found in nature
  17. True
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a bridge
  21. found in nature
  22. found in nature
  23. a fridge
  24. a bicycle
  25. talk to someone far away
  26. understands the problem
  27. a cloud
  28. False
  29. False
  30. True
  31. a river
  32. a lift
  33. a bridge
  34. False
  35. see very tiny things
  36. a satellite
  37. a lift
  38. designs useful solutions
  39. True
  40. made by engineers

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