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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 933 · 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 lift (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a river
  3. 3.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
  6. 6.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  9. 9.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a train
  12. 12.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a telephone
  13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a river
  16. 16.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
  17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
  19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
  20. 20.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
  22. 22.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  24. 24.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
  26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
  28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
  30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
  32. 32.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  37. 37.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
  40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a seashell

Answer key

  1. a banyan tree
  2. a bicycle
  3. True
  4. made by engineers
  5. science
  6. False
  7. False
  8. a dam
  9. True
  10. a bridge
  11. a water filter
  12. a lift
  13. True
  14. False
  15. a bridge
  16. a solar panel
  17. False
  18. a cloud
  19. a mountain
  20. carry many people far
  21. a seashell
  22. False
  23. made by engineers
  24. a road that floods
  25. a volcano
  26. True
  27. go through a mountain
  28. store water for summer
  29. a bicycle
  30. a bridge
  31. a satellite
  32. made by engineers
  33. False
  34. True
  35. found in nature
  36. found in nature
  37. True
  38. made by engineers
  39. designs useful solutions
  40. a ceiling fan

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