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Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 979 · 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 bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  2. 2.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
  4. 4.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
  5. 5.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
  6. 6.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
  8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  9. 9.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
  12. 12.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
  14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a mountain
  15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
  16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
  17. 17.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  18. 18.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  19. 19.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
  21. 21.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
  24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
  25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
  26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
  27. 27.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
  29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
  30. 30.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  31. 31.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
  34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a water filter
  36. 36.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
  38. 38.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
  39. 39.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
  40. 40.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a tunnel

Answer key

  1. a mountain
  2. False
  3. a bicycle
  4. a fridge
  5. made by engineers
  6. False
  7. a mobile phone
  8. made by engineers
  9. False
  10. True
  11. how can we build it?
  12. made by engineers
  13. a rainbow
  14. a lift
  15. a coral reef
  16. a road that floods
  17. made by engineers
  18. found in nature
  19. True
  20. a bridge
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a solar panel
  24. cross a wide river
  25. a seashell
  26. designs useful solutions
  27. True
  28. a railway track
  29. a volcano
  30. make water safe to drink
  31. True
  32. make power from sunlight
  33. a satellite
  34. True
  35. a waterfall
  36. True
  37. store water for summer
  38. made by engineers
  39. reach a top floor fast
  40. a water filter

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