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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 89 · 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 coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  6. 6.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  8. 8.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
  11. 11.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a volcano
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
  18. 18.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  26. 26.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a train
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  38. 38.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. False
  3. False
  4. cross a wide river
  5. a seashell
  6. how can we build it?
  7. made by engineers
  8. True
  9. talk to someone far away
  10. a coral reef
  11. True
  12. False
  13. a banyan tree
  14. a dam
  15. found in nature
  16. True
  17. a microscope
  18. True
  19. keep food fresh longer
  20. a bridge
  21. a waterfall
  22. True
  23. True
  24. found in nature
  25. go through a mountain
  26. True
  27. a fridge
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. found in nature
  33. made by engineers
  34. made by engineers
  35. made by engineers
  36. store water for summer
  37. designs useful solutions
  38. False
  39. True
  40. a waterfall

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