Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 467 · 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 water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a water filter
7. 7.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
9. 9.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a river
13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
14. 14.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a seashell (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
16. 16.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
17. 17.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
18. 18.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
21. 21.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
22. 22.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a seashell
27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a rainbow
31. 31.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) store water for summer
32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
33. 33.🛠️ 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?
34. 34.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
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 made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
37. 37.True or false: a solar panel helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a solar panel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures

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