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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 930 · 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 waterfall (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  3. 3.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
  5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  7. 7.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
  11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
  12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  13. 13.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  18. 18.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a dam
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
  23. 23.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a waterfall
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a train
  29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  30. 30.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
  32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
  36. 36.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
  40. 40.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. a mobile phone
  2. made by engineers
  3. a dam
  4. a mountain
  5. a bicycle
  6. a bridge
  7. False
  8. False
  9. a telephone
  10. a tunnel
  11. store water for summer
  12. reach a top floor fast
  13. found in nature
  14. a banyan tree
  15. a seashell
  16. a railway track
  17. found in nature
  18. False
  19. found in nature
  20. False
  21. a fridge
  22. a ceiling fan
  23. True
  24. go through a mountain
  25. a railway track
  26. a coral reef
  27. found in nature
  28. a lift
  29. cross a wide river
  30. False
  31. see very tiny things
  32. False
  33. True
  34. True
  35. a river
  36. False
  37. understands the problem
  38. a water filter
  39. a satellite
  40. True

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