Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 667 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a seashell
3. 3.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
5. 5.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
7. 7.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a satellite (d) a dam
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
14. 14.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
16. 16.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
17. 17.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
20. 20.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
21. 21.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) store water for summer
22. 22.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a seashell
24. 24.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
26. 26.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
32. 32.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ 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
35. 35.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
37. 37.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a dam
38. 38.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a train
39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river

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