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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

Answer key

  1. a dam
  2. make power from sunlight
  3. False
  4. made by engineers
  5. understands the problem
  6. found in nature
  7. a waterfall
  8. found in nature
  9. a cloud
  10. a lift
  11. a bicycle
  12. True
  13. a river
  14. a tunnel
  15. science
  16. a ceiling fan
  17. how can we build it?
  18. a volcano
  19. a solar panel
  20. store water for summer
  21. a mobile phone
  22. True
  23. a bridge
  24. a microscope
  25. a satellite
  26. a cloud
  27. True
  28. a bicycle
  29. False
  30. False
  31. a dam
  32. see very tiny things
  33. a road that floods
  34. a telephone
  35. False
  36. found in nature
  37. a mobile phone
  38. carry many people far
  39. found in nature
  40. True

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