Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 479 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
2. 2.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a cloud (d) a bridge
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
5. 5.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
11. 11.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
12. 12.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a dam
14. 14.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
17. 17.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a train
18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
19. 19.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
20. 20.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
24. 24.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
25. 25.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
27. 27.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a lift
31. 31.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) make water safe to drink
33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a coral reef
38. 38.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
39. 39.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle

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