Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 228 · 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 bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) designs useful solutions
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
5. 5.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
10. 10.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
12. 12.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
15. 15.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a seashell
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
18. 18.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
21. 21.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
23. 23.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a water filter
25. 25.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a rainbow
27. 27.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a dam
30. 30.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
32. 32.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
35. 35.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
36. 36.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
37. 37.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river
40. 40.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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