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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 820 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  16. 16.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a dam
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a mountain
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  27. 27.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
  30. 30.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  33. 33.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a seashell
  36. 36.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a railway track
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. a rainbow
  2. found in nature
  3. False
  4. keep food fresh longer
  5. found in nature
  6. found in nature
  7. False
  8. a road that floods
  9. a volcano
  10. False
  11. make water safe to drink
  12. a bicycle
  13. a mountain
  14. a fridge
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a dam
  20. a bridge
  21. False
  22. a mobile phone
  23. False
  24. a water filter
  25. a banyan tree
  26. a volcano
  27. store water for summer
  28. a bicycle
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. True
  31. True
  32. how can we build it?
  33. science
  34. True
  35. a seashell
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. a railway track
  40. a railway track

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