Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 224 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
2. 2.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
4. 4.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
5. 5.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
8. 8.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
14. 14.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a bridge
15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
17. 17.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
23. 23.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
24. 24.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
27. 27.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
31. 31.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a telephone
35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
36. 36.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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