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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 72 · 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 water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a dam
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  6. 6.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  9. 9.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  11. 11.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a fridge
  13. 13.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  15. 15.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  16. 16.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
  19. 19.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a lift
  24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
  32. 32.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. made by engineers
  3. talk to someone far away
  4. a river
  5. a solar panel
  6. make power from sunlight
  7. True
  8. a dam
  9. False
  10. a banyan tree
  11. False
  12. a telephone
  13. True
  14. how can we build it?
  15. reach a top floor fast
  16. False
  17. a bridge
  18. a water filter
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a railway track
  22. found in nature
  23. a lift
  24. True
  25. False
  26. keep food fresh longer
  27. a ceiling fan
  28. a dam
  29. a cloud
  30. a satellite
  31. a cloud
  32. True
  33. found in nature
  34. a lift
  35. a fridge
  36. a volcano
  37. made by engineers
  38. make water safe to drink
  39. a bridge
  40. a water filter

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