Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 658 · 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.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a mobile phone (d) a satellite
4. 4.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
5. 5.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
7. 7.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
9. 9.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
11. 11.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
13. 13.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
15. 15.Which need does a train meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a satellite
17. 17.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
19. 19.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a microscope
22. 22.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
25. 25.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a dam
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a volcano
37. 37.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a lift
39. 39.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a water filter
40. 40.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True

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