Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 262 · 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 bridge (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a bicycle
2. 2.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
5. 5.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
10. 10.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a dam
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a dam
20. 20.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
25. 25.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a bridge
29. 29.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a cloud
33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
35. 35.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
36. 36.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
40. 40.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

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