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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 956 · 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.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
  3. 3.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
  6. 6.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a train
  7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
  8. 8.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a lift
  14. 14.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
  15. 15.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
  18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
  19. 19.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
  23. 23.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a microscope
  25. 25.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  27. 27.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a lift
  29. 29.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
  30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
  32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
  33. 33.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  34. 34.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a satellite
  38. 38.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
  40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. a microscope
  2. a mobile phone
  3. made by engineers
  4. a dam
  5. a river
  6. a train
  7. make water safe to drink
  8. True
  9. made by engineers
  10. a lift
  11. a water filter
  12. made by engineers
  13. a seashell
  14. understands the problem
  15. False
  16. False
  17. a road that floods
  18. a mountain
  19. how can we build it?
  20. found in nature
  21. False
  22. a mobile phone
  23. False
  24. a tunnel
  25. make power from sunlight
  26. a mountain
  27. made by engineers
  28. a lift
  29. keep food fresh longer
  30. made by engineers
  31. a coral reef
  32. a volcano
  33. found in nature
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. a rainbow
  38. False
  39. a satellite
  40. True

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