Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 286 · 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.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
2. 2.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
5. 5.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
6. 6.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
7. 7.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
8. 8.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a water filter
9. 9.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
11. 11.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a volcano (d) a coral reef
13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
14. 14.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
15. 15.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) music (d) science
16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
20. 20.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
24. 24.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a dam
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
27. 27.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
29. 29.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
31. 31.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a coral reef
33. 33.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
34. 34.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
37. 37.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a lift
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
39. 39.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
40. 40.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False

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