Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 485 · 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 telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
5. 5.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a satellite
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
9. 9.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a coral reef
12. 12.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
18. 18.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a lift
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
20. 20.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) how can we build it?
21. 21.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
23. 23.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
25. 25.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
27. 27.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a river
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
36. 36.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
37. 37.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a volcano
40. 40.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel

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