Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 711 · 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.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a river
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a river
3. 3.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a railway track
6. 6.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
10. 10.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a cloud
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a seashell
13. 13.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
14. 14.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
15. 15.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a fridge (d) a dam
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
17. 17.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a banyan tree
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a lift
21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a river
23. 23.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
24. 24.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a rainbow (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a bridge
28. 28.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
30. 30.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) talk to someone far away
31. 31.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
32. 32.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
34. 34.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
35. 35.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a satellite

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