Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 484 · 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 helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a river
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
4. 4.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
5. 5.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
9. 9.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a telephone
14. 14.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
16. 16.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a lift
20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which need does a lift meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
24. 24.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
25. 25.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
26. 26.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a dam
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
32. 32.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a lift
36. 36.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge

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