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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 960 · 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 of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
  2. 2.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
  3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
  6. 6.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
  8. 8.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
  11. 11.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a water filter
  18. 18.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
  20. 20.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  21. 21.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a bridge
  24. 24.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  25. 25.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
  28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
  29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
  31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
  32. 32.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
  34. 34.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  35. 35.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
  38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
  39. 39.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a bridge

Answer key

  1. a mountain
  2. a tunnel
  3. True
  4. store water for summer
  5. a volcano
  6. False
  7. make power from sunlight
  8. False
  9. made by engineers
  10. science
  11. True
  12. False
  13. True
  14. False
  15. False
  16. a lift
  17. a seashell
  18. True
  19. understands the problem
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. made by engineers
  23. a waterfall
  24. found in nature
  25. found in nature
  26. a rainbow
  27. designs useful solutions
  28. a banyan tree
  29. a satellite
  30. a coral reef
  31. how can we build it?
  32. a solar panel
  33. a bridge
  34. found in nature
  35. a water filter
  36. False
  37. a railway track
  38. a rainbow
  39. made by engineers
  40. a lift

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