Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 582 · 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.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
2. 2.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a waterfall
5. 5.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
6. 6.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
8. 8.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a telephone (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
10. 10.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a water filter
11. 11.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) make power from sunlight
12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
13. 13.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
21. 21.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a telephone
27. 27.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a river (d) a waterfall
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
30. 30.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
33. 33.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a coral reef (d) a rainbow
35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a river
37. 37.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree

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