Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 543 · 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 found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
2. 2.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
3. 3.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
4. 4.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a satellite (d) a river
7. 7.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
8. 8.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
11. 11.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
13. 13.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a mountain
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
18. 18.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a telephone
19. 19.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
20. 20.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
23. 23.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
27. 27.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
34. 34.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a cloud
36. 36.🛠️ 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?
37. 37.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
39. 39.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
40. 40.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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