Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 382 · 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 tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a mountain
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
9. 9.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
10. 10.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
14. 14.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a lift
16. 16.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a lift (d) a cloud
20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
21. 21.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
23. 23.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a waterfall
27. 27.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
32. 32.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
33. 33.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a dam
39. 39.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a satellite

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