Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 743 · 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.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a train
2. 2.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a dam
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a river
6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a satellite
7. 7.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a coral reef
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
12. 12.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
13. 13.🛠️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a bridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
20. 20.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
21. 21.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a microscope helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
24. 24.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
26. 26.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
30. 30.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a microscope
31. 31.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
34. 34.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a train (d) a fridge
36. 36.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a river
38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False

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