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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 856 · 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 mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  3. 3.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ 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
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
  6. 6.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) reach a top floor fast
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
  8. 8.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  10. 10.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  13. 13.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  19. 19.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a cloud
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  28. 28.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  31. 31.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
  36. 36.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
  37. 37.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. a waterfall
  3. False
  4. a road that floods
  5. a banyan tree
  6. carry many people far
  7. a seashell
  8. True
  9. a microscope
  10. keep food fresh longer
  11. designs useful solutions
  12. a solar panel
  13. True
  14. a ceiling fan
  15. a lift
  16. a lift
  17. False
  18. a bridge
  19. a lift
  20. a bicycle
  21. a cloud
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. a mountain
  24. understands the problem
  25. True
  26. True
  27. a telephone
  28. False
  29. made by engineers
  30. a tunnel
  31. talk to someone far away
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. a water filter
  36. go through a mountain
  37. True
  38. a banyan tree
  39. a rainbow
  40. a mobile phone

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