Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 457 · 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 of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
2. 2.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
5. 5.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
7. 7.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
9. 9.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
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 tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
15. 15.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a train
18. 18.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) store water for summer
20. 20.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
21. 21.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
25. 25.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a river
28. 28.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a seashell
31. 31.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a waterfall
34. 34.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
35. 35.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
36. 36.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
37. 37.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
39. 39.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away

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