Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 151 · 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.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a train
4. 4.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
5. 5.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a dam
7. 7.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
9. 9.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a satellite
11. 11.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
15. 15.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
17. 17.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
19. 19.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
20. 20.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a coral reef
23. 23.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a bridge
26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
27. 27.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
29. 29.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
30. 30.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
32. 32.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
37. 37.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
38. 38.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
40. 40.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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