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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 895 · 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 dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a bridge
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a seashell
  11. 11.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
  15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
  17. 17.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
  20. 20.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a train
  22. 22.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
  25. 25.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
  31. 31.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  32. 32.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
  33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a river
  34. 34.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
  35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  38. 38.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel

Answer key

  1. False
  2. found in nature
  3. True
  4. found in nature
  5. False
  6. True
  7. go through a mountain
  8. made by engineers
  9. a bridge
  10. a bridge
  11. True
  12. a coral reef
  13. a cloud
  14. a volcano
  15. how can we build it?
  16. a lift
  17. True
  18. a rainbow
  19. a waterfall
  20. True
  21. a microscope
  22. True
  23. see very tiny things
  24. a mobile phone
  25. True
  26. a lift
  27. False
  28. False
  29. found in nature
  30. a volcano
  31. a road that floods
  32. make water safe to drink
  33. a river
  34. carry many people far
  35. False
  36. True
  37. found in nature
  38. True
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. a train

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