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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 827 · 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 satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a fridge
  4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  8. 8.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  10. 10.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  19. 19.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
  23. 23.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🛠️ 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?
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a ceiling fan
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  34. 34.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
  35. 35.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a microscope

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a bridge
  3. a tunnel
  4. make water safe to drink
  5. a mountain
  6. made by engineers
  7. a seashell
  8. False
  9. a rainbow
  10. True
  11. False
  12. a river
  13. made by engineers
  14. True
  15. see very tiny things
  16. a volcano
  17. a telephone
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. False
  20. True
  21. make power from sunlight
  22. designs useful solutions
  23. True
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. how can we build it?
  27. a water filter
  28. a satellite
  29. found in nature
  30. True
  31. a rainbow
  32. found in nature
  33. a train
  34. cross a wide river
  35. go through a mountain
  36. a banyan tree
  37. a mobile phone
  38. a dam
  39. a water filter
  40. a microscope

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