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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 845 · 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 banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  2. 2.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
  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 volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a dam
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  18. 18.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
  25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a mountain
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  35. 35.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
  38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. see very tiny things
  3. a dam
  4. a bridge
  5. False
  6. True
  7. science
  8. a solar panel
  9. how can we build it?
  10. True
  11. found in nature
  12. False
  13. carry many people far
  14. False
  15. a dam
  16. a water filter
  17. a waterfall
  18. keep food fresh longer
  19. a bicycle
  20. a banyan tree
  21. a rainbow
  22. False
  23. a ceiling fan
  24. a river
  25. True
  26. reach a top floor fast
  27. a mountain
  28. made by engineers
  29. a bridge
  30. found in nature
  31. a volcano
  32. made by engineers
  33. True
  34. talk to someone far away
  35. True
  36. a tunnel
  37. a bicycle
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. a mobile phone

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