Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 452 · 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 mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
3. 3.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music
6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a fridge
9. 9.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a mobile phone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
13. 13.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
16. 16.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
24. 24.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
25. 25.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
29. 29.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
32. 32.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Is a mobile phone 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 dam (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
37. 37.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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