Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 229 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a lift
2. 2.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
4. 4.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
6. 6.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
9. 9.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
12. 12.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
13. 13.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a train
16. 16.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
17. 17.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
20. 20.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a river
23. 23.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
28. 28.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a telephone
30. 30.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a river
34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a mountain
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a river
40. 40.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things

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