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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 886 · 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 tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
  7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  8. 8.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
  12. 12.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
  14. 14.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a rainbow
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a train
  18. 18.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  20. 20.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a satellite
  26. 26.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
  28. 28.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  29. 29.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a railway track
  32. 32.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  39. 39.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) paints the model

Answer key

  1. True
  2. True
  3. a road that floods
  4. False
  5. a mobile phone
  6. a seashell
  7. science
  8. store water for summer
  9. a banyan tree
  10. found in nature
  11. a bridge
  12. True
  13. designs useful solutions
  14. keep food fresh longer
  15. a bicycle
  16. found in nature
  17. a tunnel
  18. False
  19. a banyan tree
  20. reach a top floor fast
  21. True
  22. True
  23. talk to someone far away
  24. a dam
  25. a river
  26. False
  27. make power from sunlight
  28. made by engineers
  29. True
  30. False
  31. a railway track
  32. True
  33. cross a wide river
  34. found in nature
  35. how can we build it?
  36. a mountain
  37. a microscope
  38. a cloud
  39. a solar panel
  40. understands the problem

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