Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 185 · 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.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
2. 2.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a river
7. 7.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
11. 11.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
13. 13.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a train
14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
19. 19.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
21. 21.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
26. 26.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
32. 32.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
37. 37.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a waterfall
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

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