Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 454 · 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.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a fridge
2. 2.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a dam
3. 3.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
5. 5.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
10. 10.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a bridge
11. 11.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
15. 15.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
17. 17.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
19. 19.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
24. 24.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a lift
26. 26.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
29. 29.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
30. 30.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) dance (c) science (d) music
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
33. 33.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a lift
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
36. 36.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
38. 38.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a water filter

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