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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 922 · 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 mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
  2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  3. 3.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  7. 7.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  8. 8.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  13. 13.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
  14. 14.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a river
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  20. 20.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
  21. 21.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
  30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a dam
  32. 32.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
  34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  35. 35.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
  37. 37.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a water filter
  38. 38.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a satellite

Answer key

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

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