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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 76 · 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 bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano
  3. 3.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
  5. 5.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a bridge
  8. 8.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  19. 19.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  22. 22.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a water filter
  31. 31.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  33. 33.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a bridge
  37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a mobile phone
  3. reach a top floor fast
  4. a lift
  5. make power from sunlight
  6. a water filter
  7. a dam
  8. False
  9. True
  10. make water safe to drink
  11. store water for summer
  12. found in nature
  13. made by engineers
  14. a bridge
  15. how can we build it?
  16. science
  17. a water filter
  18. designs useful solutions
  19. True
  20. a satellite
  21. a volcano
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a lift
  26. False
  27. a solar panel
  28. made by engineers
  29. False
  30. a volcano
  31. cross a wide river
  32. a coral reef
  33. False
  34. a waterfall
  35. found in nature
  36. a bridge
  37. False
  38. True
  39. a mobile phone
  40. made by engineers

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