Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

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

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