Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 693 · 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 railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
3. 3.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
7. 7.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
8. 8.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a cloud (d) a lift
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
12. 12.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a lift (d) a cloud
14. 14.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) what is for lunch? (d) how can we build it?
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a water filter
21. 21.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a ceiling fan (c) a cloud (d) a dam
24. 24.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a fridge
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a lift
26. 26.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
27. 27.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
31. 31.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) see very tiny things
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
33. 33.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
34. 34.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a satellite
38. 38.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a waterfall
40. 40.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False

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