Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 194 · 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 train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
3. 3.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
6. 6.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
10. 10.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
11. 11.Which need does a train meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
12. 12.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a telephone
15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
18. 18.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a telephone
20. 20.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
25. 25.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
35. 35.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a coral reef
40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a dam

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