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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 837 · 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 a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
  2. 2.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  6. 6.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a train
  10. 10.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) cooking (d) music
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
  14. 14.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  24. 24.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a train
  31. 31.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a bridge
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  36. 36.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter

Answer key

  1. a road that floods
  2. False
  3. a waterfall
  4. a mountain
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. make power from sunlight
  7. found in nature
  8. found in nature
  9. a water filter
  10. True
  11. a microscope
  12. science
  13. a lift
  14. False
  15. a ceiling fan
  16. a railway track
  17. a coral reef
  18. found in nature
  19. True
  20. False
  21. True
  22. a bicycle
  23. a lift
  24. keep food fresh longer
  25. found in nature
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. a railway track
  30. a fridge
  31. False
  32. False
  33. understands the problem
  34. a train
  35. a seashell
  36. True
  37. a mobile phone
  38. found in nature
  39. False
  40. a rainbow

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