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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 854 · 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 waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
  8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
  14. 14.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  27. 27.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  28. 28.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  29. 29.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
  35. 35.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  37. 37.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  40. 40.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

Answer key

  1. found in nature
  2. designs useful solutions
  3. understands the problem
  4. found in nature
  5. a bridge
  6. a mountain
  7. a mobile phone
  8. a cloud
  9. how can we build it?
  10. found in nature
  11. store water for summer
  12. a ceiling fan
  13. a water filter
  14. True
  15. carry many people far
  16. True
  17. a bicycle
  18. True
  19. True
  20. made by engineers
  21. a volcano
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. True
  25. True
  26. a lift
  27. a road that floods
  28. science
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. talk to someone far away
  33. a volcano
  34. a cloud
  35. cross a wide river
  36. a bridge
  37. True
  38. a solar panel
  39. a bridge
  40. found in nature

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