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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 932 · 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 need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
  5. 5.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  6. 6.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a river
  8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  10. 10.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  12. 12.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  15. 15.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  16. 16.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
  17. 17.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a bridge
  19. 19.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
  21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  25. 25.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
  26. 26.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  28. 28.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a river
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
  32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a lift
  38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a lift

Answer key

  1. go through a mountain
  2. a railway track
  3. found in nature
  4. a bridge
  5. a solar panel
  6. False
  7. a lift
  8. True
  9. a volcano
  10. keep food fresh longer
  11. made by engineers
  12. False
  13. a coral reef
  14. found in nature
  15. found in nature
  16. see very tiny things
  17. a tunnel
  18. a bridge
  19. True
  20. a dam
  21. a telephone
  22. found in nature
  23. reach a top floor fast
  24. a mountain
  25. how can we build it?
  26. True
  27. make power from sunlight
  28. False
  29. a river
  30. True
  31. a waterfall
  32. True
  33. a volcano
  34. made by engineers
  35. False
  36. a water filter
  37. a coral reef
  38. understands the problem
  39. made by engineers
  40. a train

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