Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 282 · 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 need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
7. 7.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a bridge
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
10. 10.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a water filter
11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
13. 13.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
14. 14.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
15. 15.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
17. 17.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
24. 24.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
25. 25.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a coral reef (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
32. 32.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
37. 37.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
38. 38.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a volcano

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