Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 636 · 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 need does a water filter meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make water safe to drink
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
5. 5.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a lift
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
10. 10.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
11. 11.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a satellite (b) a coral reef (c) a rainbow (d) a waterfall
13. 13.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a lift
17. 17.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
20. 20.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
23. 23.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
25. 25.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ 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?
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a water filter
28. 28.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) make power from sunlight
30. 30.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a train
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a bicycle
32. 32.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a seashell
34. 34.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
35. 35.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
37. 37.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
38. 38.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

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