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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 893 · 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.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a train
  2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
  3. 3.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
  8. 8.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
  16. 16.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
  19. 19.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a volcano
  22. 22.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a dam
  24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
  25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
  27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  28. 28.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
  33. 33.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
  36. 36.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a telephone
  2. science
  3. True
  4. False
  5. False
  6. made by engineers
  7. a seashell
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. go through a mountain
  14. made by engineers
  15. a lift
  16. made by engineers
  17. True
  18. how can we build it?
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a water filter
  22. False
  23. a cloud
  24. a seashell
  25. True
  26. a satellite
  27. a coral reef
  28. see very tiny things
  29. a bridge
  30. a coral reef
  31. False
  32. designs useful solutions
  33. True
  34. a ceiling fan
  35. a fridge
  36. store water for summer
  37. a solar panel
  38. a ceiling fan
  39. a dam
  40. False

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