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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 968 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
  2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
  3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
  4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
  5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
  7. 7.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
  8. 8.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a train
  9. 9.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a river
  11. 11.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
  13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
  14. 14.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  15. 15.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
  16. 16.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
  18. 18.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel
  19. 19.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
  21. 21.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
  22. 22.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
  24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
  25. 25.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
  26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
  27. 27.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
  29. 29.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
  30. 30.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
  33. 33.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
  37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
  38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
  39. 39.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
  40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a railway track

Answer key

  1. a water filter
  2. a banyan tree
  3. understands the problem
  4. make power from sunlight
  5. designs useful solutions
  6. a bridge
  7. a water filter
  8. a train
  9. False
  10. a bridge
  11. made by engineers
  12. a water filter
  13. carry many people far
  14. made by engineers
  15. a bridge
  16. True
  17. a rainbow
  18. a tunnel
  19. found in nature
  20. a dam
  21. how can we build it?
  22. talk to someone far away
  23. a bicycle
  24. a railway track
  25. a telephone
  26. a river
  27. True
  28. science
  29. see very tiny things
  30. True
  31. False
  32. a ceiling fan
  33. False
  34. True
  35. False
  36. a lift
  37. a seashell
  38. a microscope
  39. cross a wide river
  40. a cloud

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