Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 733 · 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 cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ 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?
3. 3.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) keep food fresh longer
4. 4.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
5. 5.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
7. 7.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a lift
9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
10. 10.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a bridge (d) a train
11. 11.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a fridge
12. 12.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a lift
13. 13.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a satellite (d) a banyan tree
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a railway track (d) a river
17. 17.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a banyan tree
21. 21.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
22. 22.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
26. 26.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
31. 31.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
35. 35.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a satellite
37. 37.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
38. 38.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a satellite
39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
40. 40.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

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