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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 75 · 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 tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a river
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  8. 8.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  9. 9.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  14. 14.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a train
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  21. 21.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a river
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a river
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  30. 30.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  35. 35.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a microscope
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a lift

Answer key

  1. True
  2. science
  3. a satellite
  4. a water filter
  5. False
  6. a seashell
  7. a tunnel
  8. keep food fresh longer
  9. True
  10. a rainbow
  11. found in nature
  12. designs useful solutions
  13. a cloud
  14. True
  15. a bicycle
  16. a lift
  17. made by engineers
  18. False
  19. how can we build it?
  20. a banyan tree
  21. found in nature
  22. made by engineers
  23. False
  24. a river
  25. False
  26. a railway track
  27. found in nature
  28. False
  29. a ceiling fan
  30. False
  31. a railway track
  32. False
  33. a telephone
  34. a water filter
  35. cross a wide river
  36. found in nature
  37. made by engineers
  38. a microscope
  39. a bridge
  40. a banyan tree

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