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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 884 · 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 volcano (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
  2. 2.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
  6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
  14. 14.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a dam
  15. 15.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
  22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
  23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.🛠️ 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?
  28. 28.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  31. 31.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
  38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. True
  3. True
  4. False
  5. a satellite
  6. a cloud
  7. a mountain
  8. a bridge
  9. a train
  10. a microscope
  11. a road that floods
  12. found in nature
  13. reach a top floor fast
  14. a lift
  15. False
  16. found in nature
  17. True
  18. False
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a seashell
  22. understands the problem
  23. True
  24. science
  25. a mountain
  26. a ceiling fan
  27. how can we build it?
  28. True
  29. a telephone
  30. a railway track
  31. store water for summer
  32. a rainbow
  33. make power from sunlight
  34. found in nature
  35. make water safe to drink
  36. a dam
  37. a seashell
  38. True
  39. made by engineers
  40. False

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