Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 623 · 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 of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
2. 2.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) builds at once
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
5. 5.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
6. 6.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
7. 7.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
9. 9.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
12. 12.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
14. 14.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a bridge
15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a waterfall
18. 18.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
21. 21.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
25. 25.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
26. 26.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
27. 27.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
29. 29.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
30. 30.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a volcano
32. 32.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.True or false: a water filter helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
35. 35.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
36. 36.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
37. 37.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True

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