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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 760 · 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 see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  11. 11.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  15. 15.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  20. 20.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a lift
  24. 24.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  31. 31.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a telephone
  35. 35.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  37. 37.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
  38. 38.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain

Answer key

  1. a microscope
  2. a rainbow
  3. understands the problem
  4. make water safe to drink
  5. a road that floods
  6. a bridge
  7. a bridge
  8. made by engineers
  9. a lift
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. False
  12. True
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. a solar panel
  15. True
  16. False
  17. make power from sunlight
  18. a mountain
  19. a seashell
  20. False
  21. False
  22. how can we build it?
  23. a dam
  24. False
  25. True
  26. True
  27. found in nature
  28. False
  29. a river
  30. a mobile phone
  31. False
  32. False
  33. a train
  34. a telephone
  35. talk to someone far away
  36. a banyan tree
  37. cross a wide river
  38. go through a mountain
  39. store water for summer
  40. a bicycle

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