Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 247 · 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 coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
3. 3.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a lift
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
6. 6.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
8. 8.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
14. 14.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
16. 16.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
20. 20.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a water filter
21. 21.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a cloud
23. 23.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
25. 25.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a lift
28. 28.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
31. 31.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
33. 33.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
35. 35.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a bridge
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
39. 39.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river

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