Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 472 · 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 rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
3. 3.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
4. 4.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
7. 7.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a telephone
8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
14. 14.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
16. 16.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
18. 18.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
19. 19.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge
21. 21.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a dam
23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
26. 26.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a dam
32. 32.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
33. 33.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a train
34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a satellite
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
39. 39.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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