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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 736 · 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.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  4. 4.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  13. 13.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  14. 14.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  15. 15.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  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 seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  22. 22.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  23. 23.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  36. 36.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  37. 37.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a train
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a railway track

Answer key

  1. a lift
  2. a bicycle
  3. a solar panel
  4. False
  5. a waterfall
  6. a banyan tree
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. False
  11. found in nature
  12. see very tiny things
  13. how can we build it?
  14. carry many people far
  15. reach a top floor fast
  16. made by engineers
  17. False
  18. a cloud
  19. True
  20. a bridge
  21. make power from sunlight
  22. a fridge
  23. False
  24. False
  25. found in nature
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a rainbow
  28. made by engineers
  29. True
  30. a road that floods
  31. made by engineers
  32. a coral reef
  33. a water filter
  34. True
  35. store water for summer
  36. keep food fresh longer
  37. False
  38. a train
  39. a satellite
  40. a banyan tree

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