Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 493 · 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.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
2. 2.True or false: a water filter helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a microscope
4. 4.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a lift
7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a lift
9. 9.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a telephone
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a waterfall
13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
18. 18.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
19. 19.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a lift
21. 21.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a dam
22. 22.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a train
24. 24.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
27. 27.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
30. 30.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
33. 33.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a lift
35. 35.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a bridge
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
38. 38.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a seashell (d) a mountain
40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False

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