Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 239 · 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 seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
3. 3.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
4. 4.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
5. 5.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
8. 8.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
12. 12.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
14. 14.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
15. 15.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
17. 17.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
19. 19.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
23. 23.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a rainbow
28. 28.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a coral reef
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
32. 32.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
34. 34.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a river
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a rainbow
37. 37.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
38. 38.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False

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