Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 443 · 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 helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
3. 3.🛠️ 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?
4. 4.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a cloud
9. 9.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
11. 11.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
15. 15.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛠️ 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
17. 17.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
18. 18.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
20. 20.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a waterfall
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a cloud
23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
25. 25.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
29. 29.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a railway track
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a lift
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a rainbow
35. 35.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a bicycle
37. 37.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
40. 40.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

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