Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 146 · 40 questions

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.

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

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