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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 923 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
  7. 7.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ 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?
  9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
  10. 10.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
  18. 18.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
  19. 19.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
  23. 23.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  26. 26.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a water filter
  29. 29.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  34. 34.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
  36. 36.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
  39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make water safe to drink
  40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once

Answer key

  1. a cloud
  2. False
  3. False
  4. a satellite
  5. a train
  6. keep food fresh longer
  7. False
  8. how can we build it?
  9. a lift
  10. True
  11. a seashell
  12. found in nature
  13. make water safe to drink
  14. found in nature
  15. True
  16. False
  17. a railway track
  18. store water for summer
  19. True
  20. False
  21. a rainbow
  22. a mountain
  23. True
  24. made by engineers
  25. a rainbow
  26. True
  27. True
  28. a river
  29. False
  30. a microscope
  31. a tunnel
  32. found in nature
  33. a lift
  34. a solar panel
  35. designs useful solutions
  36. False
  37. a cloud
  38. a coral reef
  39. talk to someone far away
  40. understands the problem

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