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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 83 · 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 need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
  2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music
  11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  16. 16.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a train
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a water filter
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  24. 24.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  30. 30.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  32. 32.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a solar panel
  37. 37.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. keep food fresh longer
  2. False
  3. a river
  4. cross a wide river
  5. found in nature
  6. True
  7. a telephone
  8. made by engineers
  9. made by engineers
  10. science
  11. False
  12. a ceiling fan
  13. found in nature
  14. how can we build it?
  15. a road that floods
  16. True
  17. a solar panel
  18. a bridge
  19. a water filter
  20. a rainbow
  21. store water for summer
  22. a bridge
  23. a waterfall
  24. True
  25. False
  26. a bicycle
  27. False
  28. False
  29. a bicycle
  30. talk to someone far away
  31. found in nature
  32. True
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. a dam
  37. False
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. True

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