Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 363 · 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 lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
7. 7.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a seashell
10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a banyan tree
11. 11.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a train
13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
14. 14.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
16. 16.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
17. 17.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
18. 18.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
19. 19.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a river
21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
23. 23.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
25. 25.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a train
27. 27.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
30. 30.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a lift
35. 35.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a water filter
38. 38.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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