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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 825 · 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.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a waterfall
  4. 4.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  20. 20.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  32. 32.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
  34. 34.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a dam
  39. 39.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. False
  3. a lift
  4. carry many people far
  5. a solar panel
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. a river
  8. how can we build it?
  9. made by engineers
  10. True
  11. True
  12. a banyan tree
  13. a dam
  14. False
  15. False
  16. reach a top floor fast
  17. made by engineers
  18. False
  19. a rainbow
  20. a road that floods
  21. a seashell
  22. a bicycle
  23. a waterfall
  24. found in nature
  25. make power from sunlight
  26. a dam
  27. made by engineers
  28. a mountain
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. a mobile phone
  32. True
  33. see very tiny things
  34. True
  35. True
  36. True
  37. a water filter
  38. a waterfall
  39. True
  40. a water filter

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