Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 645 · 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 rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a volcano
5. 5.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
6. 6.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
9. 9.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
12. 12.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a lift
13. 13.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
14. 14.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
16. 16.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
19. 19.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a bridge
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
26. 26.Which need does a dam meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
27. 27.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
28. 28.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.True or false: a microscope helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
31. 31.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
32. 32.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
36. 36.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
38. 38.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone

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