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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 939 · 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 mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a lift
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  3. 3.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
  11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a volcano
  12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
  13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
  14. 14.Which need does a train meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a mountain
  16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a water filter
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a telephone
  21. 21.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a seashell
  26. 26.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
  27. 27.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a dam
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
  35. 35.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  37. 37.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  38. 38.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
  40. 40.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast

Answer key

  1. a cloud
  2. a waterfall
  3. True
  4. a rainbow
  5. found in nature
  6. found in nature
  7. a tunnel
  8. found in nature
  9. True
  10. a bridge
  11. a railway track
  12. a dam
  13. science
  14. carry many people far
  15. a bicycle
  16. False
  17. a bicycle
  18. True
  19. a water filter
  20. a fridge
  21. True
  22. True
  23. False
  24. False
  25. a ceiling fan
  26. keep food fresh longer
  27. False
  28. True
  29. a volcano
  30. a mountain
  31. a mountain
  32. a coral reef
  33. found in nature
  34. talk to someone far away
  35. True
  36. made by engineers
  37. made by engineers
  38. False
  39. understands the problem
  40. go through a mountain

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