Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 295 · 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 seashell (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
2. 2.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a bridge
3. 3.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
5. 5.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a mountain
9. 9.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a rainbow (d) a river
13. 13.🛠️ 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
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
15. 15.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
24. 24.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a coral reef
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
31. 31.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
33. 33.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mobile phone
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a mountain
38. 38.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures

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