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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 714 · 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 telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  6. 6.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  9. 9.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
  17. 17.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  24. 24.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  28. 28.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a lift
  31. 31.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a telephone
  3. found in nature
  4. made by engineers
  5. a banyan tree
  6. False
  7. a mountain
  8. a volcano
  9. a road that floods
  10. made by engineers
  11. True
  12. a railway track
  13. found in nature
  14. False
  15. a bicycle
  16. a mountain
  17. False
  18. made by engineers
  19. a solar panel
  20. a lift
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a mobile phone
  24. science
  25. False
  26. a bridge
  27. a dam
  28. how can we build it?
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. a lift
  31. False
  32. found in nature
  33. a railway track
  34. made by engineers
  35. False
  36. a dam
  37. True
  38. a tunnel
  39. made by engineers
  40. True

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