Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 683 · 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 dam helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a train
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a rainbow
4. 4.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a fridge (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
7. 7.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
8. 8.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a lift
11. 11.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a coral reef
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a dam
15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
18. 18.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
20. 20.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a solar panel (d) a water filter
25. 25.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a train
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
27. 27.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🛠️ 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
29. 29.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a dam
30. 30.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
32. 32.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
40. 40.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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