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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 887 · 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 need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  9. 9.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a dam
  13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
  21. 21.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
  22. 22.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  24. 24.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  30. 30.🛠️ 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?
  31. 31.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  32. 32.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
  34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a lift
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a seashell
  40. 40.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. a railway track
  3. a fridge
  4. made by engineers
  5. found in nature
  6. False
  7. found in nature
  8. a waterfall
  9. False
  10. a coral reef
  11. a telephone
  12. a dam
  13. a bicycle
  14. a banyan tree
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. made by engineers
  19. a road that floods
  20. a dam
  21. carry many people far
  22. True
  23. a river
  24. False
  25. True
  26. make power from sunlight
  27. understands the problem
  28. a bicycle
  29. designs useful solutions
  30. how can we build it?
  31. made by engineers
  32. False
  33. a bridge
  34. a mountain
  35. a mountain
  36. found in nature
  37. True
  38. False
  39. a seashell
  40. True

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