Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 607 · 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.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
3. 3.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
6. 6.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a ceiling fan
11. 11.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
12. 12.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) who won the match?
13. 13.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
16. 16.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
18. 18.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
21. 21.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
22. 22.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) sells tickets
24. 24.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
27. 27.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
30. 30.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
31. 31.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a fridge
33. 33.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) keep food fresh longer (d) go through a mountain
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a cloud
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a lift
39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef

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