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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 794 · 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 go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  5. 5.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
  12. 12.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  20. 20.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  22. 22.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a bridge
  24. 24.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a microscope
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  33. 33.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. a tunnel
  2. made by engineers
  3. a river
  4. a lift
  5. False
  6. made by engineers
  7. False
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. a railway track
  10. found in nature
  11. a solar panel
  12. False
  13. True
  14. found in nature
  15. True
  16. carry many people far
  17. found in nature
  18. understands the problem
  19. a waterfall
  20. False
  21. talk to someone far away
  22. reach a top floor fast
  23. a train
  24. False
  25. a telephone
  26. a bridge
  27. found in nature
  28. how can we build it?
  29. made by engineers
  30. a banyan tree
  31. a mobile phone
  32. a microscope
  33. True
  34. found in nature
  35. True
  36. a railway track
  37. False
  38. a dam
  39. a satellite
  40. a fridge

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