Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 303 · 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.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
5. 5.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a waterfall (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
13. 13.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
15. 15.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a train
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
19. 19.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a water filter
21. 21.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
23. 23.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
26. 26.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
27. 27.True or false: a train helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
31. 31.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
32. 32.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
35. 35.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
37. 37.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a rainbow
39. 39.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem

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