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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 77 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  12. 12.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a river
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  18. 18.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  29. 29.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a river
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
  36. 36.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  40. 40.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. how can we build it?
  2. a bicycle
  3. made by engineers
  4. made by engineers
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a road that floods
  9. a mountain
  10. go through a mountain
  11. a railway track
  12. False
  13. True
  14. a satellite
  15. a mobile phone
  16. True
  17. a seashell
  18. False
  19. False
  20. a solar panel
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. found in nature
  25. a tunnel
  26. a lift
  27. False
  28. a dam
  29. False
  30. a seashell
  31. a bridge
  32. a dam
  33. a river
  34. understands the problem
  35. a banyan tree
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. a water filter
  40. True

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