Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 710 · 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 water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a railway track (c) a seashell (d) a dam
6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
9. 9.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
13. 13.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
15. 15.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) science (d) music
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
19. 19.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a river
20. 20.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
22. 22.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ 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
24. 24.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
25. 25.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
28. 28.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a fridge (d) a train
29. 29.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) talk to someone far away (c) store water for summer (d) make power from sunlight
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
35. 35.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
36. 36.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
38. 38.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a dam
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a mountain
40. 40.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan

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