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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 874 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  2. 2.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a train
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
  13. 13.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  14. 14.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
  19. 19.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
  31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
  32. 32.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  35. 35.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  38. 38.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a river
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a seashell

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. False
  3. found in nature
  4. found in nature
  5. a train
  6. a mobile phone
  7. a volcano
  8. designs useful solutions
  9. found in nature
  10. a seashell
  11. make power from sunlight
  12. a microscope
  13. a solar panel
  14. True
  15. a waterfall
  16. made by engineers
  17. True
  18. reach a top floor fast
  19. carry many people far
  20. a banyan tree
  21. False
  22. made by engineers
  23. False
  24. a lift
  25. False
  26. talk to someone far away
  27. True
  28. False
  29. True
  30. see very tiny things
  31. understands the problem
  32. how can we build it?
  33. a cloud
  34. a bridge
  35. True
  36. True
  37. a fridge
  38. a road that floods
  39. a railway track
  40. a dam

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