Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 583 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a volcano
2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a train
4. 4.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
6. 6.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
7. 7.True or false: a river is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
9. 9.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
12. 12.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
13. 13.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a train
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a seashell
16. 16.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
19. 19.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ 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?
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
24. 24.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
28. 28.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a satellite (d) a lift
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a railway track (c) a river (d) a coral reef
34. 34.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
39. 39.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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