Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 476 · 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 train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a seashell
3. 3.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a cloud
8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
11. 11.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
13. 13.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
14. 14.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a banyan tree (d) a water filter
20. 20.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
22. 22.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
23. 23.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
24. 24.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
25. 25.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
27. 27.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
28. 28.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a bridge
30. 30.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
31. 31.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
34. 34.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
40. 40.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

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