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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 840 · 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.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a mountain
  5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a seashell
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  20. 20.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a railway track
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  26. 26.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a train
  28. 28.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  30. 30.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a cloud
  34. 34.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. found in nature
  3. make water safe to drink
  4. a mountain
  5. False
  6. see very tiny things
  7. a river
  8. True
  9. carry many people far
  10. a fridge
  11. made by engineers
  12. keep food fresh longer
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. a satellite
  15. a waterfall
  16. False
  17. False
  18. False
  19. a lift
  20. True
  21. False
  22. a railway track
  23. found in nature
  24. a tunnel
  25. a mountain
  26. found in nature
  27. a train
  28. a road that floods
  29. a waterfall
  30. True
  31. True
  32. how can we build it?
  33. a dam
  34. True
  35. made by engineers
  36. a mobile phone
  37. a cloud
  38. made by engineers
  39. False
  40. True

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