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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 713 · 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.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  5. 5.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a lift
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a lift
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  19. 19.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
  20. 20.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  21. 21.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a waterfall
  31. 31.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
  33. 33.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  35. 35.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a waterfall
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. keep food fresh longer
  2. a telephone
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. designs useful solutions
  5. False
  6. True
  7. made by engineers
  8. False
  9. False
  10. False
  11. a bridge
  12. made by engineers
  13. a banyan tree
  14. a lift
  15. a volcano
  16. understands the problem
  17. made by engineers
  18. make water safe to drink
  19. store water for summer
  20. how can we build it?
  21. True
  22. a railway track
  23. a coral reef
  24. a dam
  25. a microscope
  26. made by engineers
  27. a tunnel
  28. False
  29. a rainbow
  30. a satellite
  31. False
  32. science
  33. True
  34. a road that floods
  35. False
  36. True
  37. a rainbow
  38. a bridge
  39. a seashell
  40. a lift

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