Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 611 · 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 dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
3. 3.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a dam
10. 10.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
13. 13.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a tunnel
16. 16.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
17. 17.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
18. 18.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
20. 20.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
24. 24.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
25. 25.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
27. 27.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
29. 29.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a seashell
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a banyan tree
34. 34.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a bridge
35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a river
40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False

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