Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 690 · 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 telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
5. 5.True or false: a fridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
8. 8.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
12. 12.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
14. 14.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a rainbow
16. 16.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
17. 17.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
21. 21.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mobile phone (d) a waterfall
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
24. 24.True or false: a bridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a train (d) a telephone
27. 27.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
28. 28.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
29. 29.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a mountain
31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
33. 33.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a water filter
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
35. 35.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
37. 37.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a water filter (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
39. 39.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

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