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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 848 · 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 found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  5. 5.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a train
  8. 8.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  13. 13.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
  15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
  16. 16.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
  20. 20.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a river
  23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a lift
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  28. 28.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  32. 32.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  39. 39.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan

Answer key

  1. a volcano
  2. a ceiling fan
  3. True
  4. a bicycle
  5. False
  6. a bridge
  7. a train
  8. False
  9. reach a top floor fast
  10. make power from sunlight
  11. how can we build it?
  12. a lift
  13. True
  14. a tunnel
  15. science
  16. False
  17. True
  18. a rainbow
  19. a satellite
  20. True
  21. True
  22. a water filter
  23. a water filter
  24. made by engineers
  25. True
  26. a rainbow
  27. understands the problem
  28. True
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. found in nature
  31. a river
  32. False
  33. a microscope
  34. made by engineers
  35. make water safe to drink
  36. made by engineers
  37. True
  38. a dam
  39. False
  40. a river

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