Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 277 · 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 bicycle (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
2. 2.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
4. 4.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) make water safe to drink
5. 5.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
8. 8.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
12. 12.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
17. 17.🛠️ 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
18. 18.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
22. 22.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
25. 25.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a river
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
32. 32.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a river
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a river
39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
40. 40.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True

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