Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 554 · 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 bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
2. 2.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a river
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a volcano
6. 6.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a water filter
7. 7.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
10. 10.🛠️ 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
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a cloud (c) a water filter (d) a mobile phone
13. 13.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
14. 14.True or false: a solar panel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
16. 16.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a dam (d) a banyan tree
19. 19.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
22. 22.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
24. 24.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
26. 26.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
30. 30.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
31. 31.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
32. 32.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
33. 33.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a microscope
35. 35.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a mountain
40. 40.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

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