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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 802 · 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.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  3. 3.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
  6. 6.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  11. 11.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a lift
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  16. 16.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a lift
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  22. 22.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  27. 27.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
  33. 33.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  34. 34.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. talk to someone far away
  3. see very tiny things
  4. make power from sunlight
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. True
  7. found in nature
  8. False
  9. a bridge
  10. a bridge
  11. True
  12. a mountain
  13. a satellite
  14. a lift
  15. a dam
  16. False
  17. made by engineers
  18. a fridge
  19. a tunnel
  20. False
  21. store water for summer
  22. False
  23. a cloud
  24. a telephone
  25. a mobile phone
  26. understands the problem
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. a mobile phone
  31. True
  32. a waterfall
  33. how can we build it?
  34. False
  35. True
  36. reach a top floor fast
  37. make water safe to drink
  38. a banyan tree
  39. science
  40. False

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