Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 557 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
2. 2.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
4. 4.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
6. 6.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a waterfall
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a lift
10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
13. 13.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a seashell (c) a bicycle (d) a bridge
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
16. 16.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
17. 17.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
18. 18.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
19. 19.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
20. 20.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a river
26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a fridge
28. 28.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a lift
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bicycle (d) a coral reef
31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
36. 36.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a banyan tree
40. 40.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far

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