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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 826 · 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 banyan tree (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  10. 10.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  24. 24.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  26. 26.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a cloud
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a lift
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ 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?
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. True
  3. made by engineers
  4. a solar panel
  5. understands the problem
  6. made by engineers
  7. a bicycle
  8. False
  9. make power from sunlight
  10. False
  11. False
  12. a lift
  13. a water filter
  14. made by engineers
  15. a train
  16. False
  17. False
  18. keep food fresh longer
  19. a waterfall
  20. a dam
  21. a mountain
  22. found in nature
  23. designs useful solutions
  24. True
  25. store water for summer
  26. True
  27. a dam
  28. a satellite
  29. a lift
  30. found in nature
  31. True
  32. a volcano
  33. found in nature
  34. a rainbow
  35. a microscope
  36. carry many people far
  37. a bridge
  38. found in nature
  39. how can we build it?
  40. found in nature

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