Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 529 · 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.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
2. 2.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a mountain
4. 4.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
6. 6.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a water filter (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
11. 11.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) dance (c) music (d) cooking
13. 13.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
21. 21.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
25. 25.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
26. 26.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
29. 29.Which need does a lift meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
30. 30.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a train
32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
33. 33.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
34. 34.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
37. 37.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a bridge
38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a coral reef

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