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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 791 · 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.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  5. 5.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a microscope
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  26. 26.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
  31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  32. 32.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. reach a top floor fast
  2. a road that floods
  3. False
  4. a water filter
  5. False
  6. how can we build it?
  7. found in nature
  8. a cloud
  9. a waterfall
  10. a river
  11. designs useful solutions
  12. made by engineers
  13. found in nature
  14. True
  15. a tunnel
  16. a satellite
  17. made by engineers
  18. a microscope
  19. a lift
  20. a telephone
  21. False
  22. True
  23. made by engineers
  24. a bicycle
  25. a train
  26. True
  27. a volcano
  28. False
  29. True
  30. keep food fresh longer
  31. go through a mountain
  32. False
  33. True
  34. found in nature
  35. cross a wide river
  36. True
  37. False
  38. carry many people far
  39. found in nature
  40. False

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