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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 746 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  4. 4.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  9. 9.🛠️ 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?
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  16. 16.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  19. 19.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  20. 20.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  24. 24.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a train
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain

Answer key

  1. a waterfall
  2. a solar panel
  3. a railway track
  4. talk to someone far away
  5. a seashell
  6. a fridge
  7. a lift
  8. a telephone
  9. how can we build it?
  10. found in nature
  11. False
  12. a bicycle
  13. a dam
  14. a lift
  15. science
  16. False
  17. designs useful solutions
  18. a bridge
  19. keep food fresh longer
  20. False
  21. made by engineers
  22. True
  23. a mobile phone
  24. False
  25. False
  26. cross a wide river
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. a satellite
  31. a dam
  32. False
  33. a microscope
  34. a waterfall
  35. a mountain
  36. False
  37. understands the problem
  38. a banyan tree
  39. made by engineers
  40. a ceiling fan

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