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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 952 · 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.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  2. 2.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a river
  7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
  10. 10.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a fridge
  12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a railway track
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a tunnel
  16. 16.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
  18. 18.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) grows crops
  20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
  21. 21.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
  22. 22.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
  25. 25.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
  27. 27.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a lift
  29. 29.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a bicycle
  32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
  34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a dam
  36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a dam

Answer key

  1. made by engineers
  2. found in nature
  3. False
  4. True
  5. made by engineers
  6. a satellite
  7. True
  8. a water filter
  9. a waterfall
  10. found in nature
  11. a dam
  12. a road that floods
  13. a cloud
  14. understands the problem
  15. a train
  16. False
  17. a bridge
  18. True
  19. designs useful solutions
  20. science
  21. see very tiny things
  22. make power from sunlight
  23. False
  24. how can we build it?
  25. False
  26. cross a wide river
  27. a tunnel
  28. a solar panel
  29. True
  30. a telephone
  31. a river
  32. False
  33. reach a top floor fast
  34. False
  35. a cloud
  36. True
  37. False
  38. made by engineers
  39. False
  40. a fridge

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