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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 823 · 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 bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  4. 4.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  6. 6.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  14. 14.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  19. 19.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
  27. 27.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  30. 30.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  38. 38.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. a bridge
  3. a mobile phone
  4. reach a top floor fast
  5. a lift
  6. True
  7. True
  8. a dam
  9. a coral reef
  10. made by engineers
  11. a road that floods
  12. a satellite
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. found in nature
  16. False
  17. understands the problem
  18. go through a mountain
  19. True
  20. False
  21. False
  22. science
  23. True
  24. made by engineers
  25. True
  26. a fridge
  27. False
  28. False
  29. store water for summer
  30. how can we build it?
  31. a seashell
  32. a waterfall
  33. a bicycle
  34. True
  35. keep food fresh longer
  36. False
  37. a rainbow
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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