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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 858 · 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.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  4. 4.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
  7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
  10. 10.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  11. 11.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
  16. 16.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
  19. 19.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  22. 22.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
  23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
  25. 25.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  29. 29.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  34. 34.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a microscope

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. found in nature
  3. a dam
  4. False
  5. a mobile phone
  6. designs useful solutions
  7. talk to someone far away
  8. a mountain
  9. a lift
  10. how can we build it?
  11. True
  12. made by engineers
  13. False
  14. False
  15. a road that floods
  16. reach a top floor fast
  17. a cloud
  18. a ceiling fan
  19. True
  20. a telephone
  21. understands the problem
  22. see very tiny things
  23. False
  24. a dam
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. a coral reef
  29. True
  30. True
  31. True
  32. cross a wide river
  33. a lift
  34. make water safe to drink
  35. False
  36. found in nature
  37. a water filter
  38. True
  39. a waterfall
  40. a train

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