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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 741 · 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 railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a river
  20. 20.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a rainbow
  3. a lift
  4. a solar panel
  5. made by engineers
  6. False
  7. True
  8. a tunnel
  9. a seashell
  10. a mountain
  11. made by engineers
  12. carry many people far
  13. a rainbow
  14. a bridge
  15. cross a wide river
  16. False
  17. True
  18. a river
  19. a bridge
  20. False
  21. understands the problem
  22. a bicycle
  23. a satellite
  24. a cloud
  25. a dam
  26. a railway track
  27. found in nature
  28. go through a mountain
  29. a mobile phone
  30. False
  31. a water filter
  32. made by engineers
  33. True
  34. a waterfall
  35. found in nature
  36. False
  37. True
  38. how can we build it?
  39. store water for summer
  40. a telephone

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