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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 787 · 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.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a river
  6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  8. 8.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) dance (d) cooking
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  13. 13.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
  15. 15.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  17. 17.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  21. 21.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a tunnel (d) a train
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  35. 35.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  37. 37.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  39. 39.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
  40. 40.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. False
  3. keep food fresh longer
  4. made by engineers
  5. a ceiling fan
  6. False
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. science
  9. found in nature
  10. False
  11. a river
  12. a telephone
  13. make water safe to drink
  14. a water filter
  15. False
  16. a mountain
  17. False
  18. True
  19. found in nature
  20. a bridge
  21. a road that floods
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. a bicycle
  24. a rainbow
  25. made by engineers
  26. False
  27. made by engineers
  28. a dam
  29. made by engineers
  30. a tunnel
  31. False
  32. understands the problem
  33. a solar panel
  34. a waterfall
  35. reach a top floor fast
  36. a satellite
  37. True
  38. a lift
  39. see very tiny things
  40. talk to someone far away

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