Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 751 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
2. 2.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
5. 5.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
6. 6.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a volcano
9. 9.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
13. 13.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a train
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a coral reef
15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
21. 21.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
22. 22.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a dam (d) a lift
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
27. 27.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
28. 28.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
31. 31.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a train
32. 32.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
33. 33.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a water filter
34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a railway track
35. 35.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a bicycle (c) a waterfall (d) a dam
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a ceiling fan
38. 38.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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