Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 254 · 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 coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
2. 2.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a train
3. 3.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
9. 9.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
12. 12.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
14. 14.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
22. 22.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
24. 24.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a dam
25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
27. 27.🛠️ 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
28. 28.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
31. 31.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a water filter
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
34. 34.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
36. 36.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
39. 39.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

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