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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 828 · 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 bridge (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a river
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a dam
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a seashell
  7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a train
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) see very tiny things
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  15. 15.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a river
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
  20. 20.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a cloud
  23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  27. 27.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  29. 29.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) cooking (d) music
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan

Answer key

  1. a bridge
  2. made by engineers
  3. made by engineers
  4. True
  5. a volcano
  6. a bicycle
  7. True
  8. a waterfall
  9. made by engineers
  10. designs useful solutions
  11. a solar panel
  12. False
  13. keep food fresh longer
  14. a cloud
  15. False
  16. True
  17. a mountain
  18. a river
  19. a mobile phone
  20. make water safe to drink
  21. understands the problem
  22. a satellite
  23. a road that floods
  24. a coral reef
  25. made by engineers
  26. how can we build it?
  27. carry many people far
  28. a banyan tree
  29. False
  30. go through a mountain
  31. a ceiling fan
  32. made by engineers
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. a water filter
  35. a train
  36. found in nature
  37. a ceiling fan
  38. make power from sunlight
  39. science
  40. a seashell

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