Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 393 · 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 bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
3. 3.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
6. 6.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
9. 9.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
10. 10.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a telephone
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
13. 13.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a dam helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a waterfall
16. 16.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
18. 18.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
20. 20.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a tunnel
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a dam
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a river
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
25. 25.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
31. 31.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
34. 34.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False

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