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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 700 · 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 dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  12. 12.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
  22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  24. 24.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  28. 28.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  31. 31.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a water filter
  38. 38.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. how can we build it?
  3. understands the problem
  4. found in nature
  5. False
  6. False
  7. a solar panel
  8. made by engineers
  9. science
  10. a banyan tree
  11. a lift
  12. True
  13. True
  14. a mountain
  15. a mountain
  16. made by engineers
  17. False
  18. made by engineers
  19. a dam
  20. a coral reef
  21. reach a top floor fast
  22. a coral reef
  23. a volcano
  24. False
  25. False
  26. a bicycle
  27. a bicycle
  28. False
  29. False
  30. a road that floods
  31. True
  32. True
  33. a tunnel
  34. False
  35. a rainbow
  36. made by engineers
  37. a bridge
  38. talk to someone far away
  39. a fridge
  40. True

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