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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 835 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
  5. 5.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
  12. 12.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
  19. 19.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
  25. 25.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a river
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  31. 31.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  35. 35.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a river
  40. 40.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far

Answer key

  1. how can we build it?
  2. found in nature
  3. False
  4. a rainbow
  5. False
  6. found in nature
  7. a waterfall
  8. a banyan tree
  9. False
  10. a water filter
  11. a road that floods
  12. False
  13. True
  14. True
  15. a lift
  16. False
  17. True
  18. a waterfall
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. False
  23. False
  24. a water filter
  25. False
  26. a bridge
  27. a water filter
  28. False
  29. a lift
  30. a bridge
  31. science
  32. found in nature
  33. a dam
  34. a coral reef
  35. True
  36. made by engineers
  37. understands the problem
  38. a telephone
  39. a dam
  40. talk to someone far away

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