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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 871 · 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.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a railway track
  4. 4.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
  9. 9.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a train helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
  22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  26. 26.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  33. 33.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
  36. 36.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  37. 37.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a bridge
  39. 39.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge

Answer key

  1. False
  2. a water filter
  3. a river
  4. True
  5. made by engineers
  6. understands the problem
  7. designs useful solutions
  8. a seashell
  9. make water safe to drink
  10. made by engineers
  11. a satellite
  12. found in nature
  13. make power from sunlight
  14. a mountain
  15. a lift
  16. science
  17. a dam
  18. made by engineers
  19. False
  20. True
  21. a mobile phone
  22. True
  23. found in nature
  24. found in nature
  25. a banyan tree
  26. see very tiny things
  27. a solar panel
  28. made by engineers
  29. a dam
  30. True
  31. a volcano
  32. a telephone
  33. False
  34. made by engineers
  35. a rainbow
  36. how can we build it?
  37. True
  38. a river
  39. True
  40. a bridge

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