Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 705 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
3. 3.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
6. 6.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
8. 8.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
9. 9.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a lift
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
14. 14.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
19. 19.🛠️ 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
20. 20.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
29. 29.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
30. 30.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
32. 32.True or false: a train helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
36. 36.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a train
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
38. 38.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) reach a top floor fast
39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) make water safe to drink
40. 40.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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