← What engineers do lesson New set →

Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 62 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. designs useful solutions
  2. False
  3. a bridge
  4. how can we build it?
  5. understands the problem
  6. found in nature
  7. a microscope
  8. found in nature
  9. made by engineers
  10. a railway track
  11. False
  12. a bridge
  13. False
  14. a river
  15. made by engineers
  16. True
  17. False
  18. a waterfall
  19. False
  20. made by engineers
  21. False
  22. True
  23. a satellite
  24. found in nature
  25. False
  26. a mountain
  27. False
  28. a tunnel
  29. a lift
  30. a cloud
  31. a seashell
  32. a river
  33. a railway track
  34. found in nature
  35. talk to someone far away
  36. a dam
  37. cross a wide river
  38. science
  39. found in nature
  40. False

Free engineering lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/engineering-for-kids