Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 542 · 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 seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
10. 10.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) keep food fresh longer
12. 12.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
14. 14.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
17. 17.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a microscope helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a ceiling fan
25. 25.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
29. 29.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
36. 36.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
39. 39.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a river

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