Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 173 · 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.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
2. 2.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
5. 5.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
9. 9.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
10. 10.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a train
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a waterfall
17. 17.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
20. 20.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a lift
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a lift
25. 25.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
27. 27.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a river (d) a volcano
31. 31.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
34. 34.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
37. 37.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

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