Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 764 · 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 railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
4. 4.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
6. 6.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a water filter
8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ 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?
10. 10.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a dam (d) a water filter
13. 13.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
15. 15.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) make power from sunlight
18. 18.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a river
20. 20.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a fridge (c) a train (d) a bridge
22. 22.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) reach a top floor fast
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a rainbow (d) a railway track
25. 25.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a train (d) a dam
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
28. 28.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
30. 30.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) paints the model (d) buys every material
31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
33. 33.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make power from sunlight (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
35. 35.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
36. 36.🛠️ Is a railway track 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 river (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
38. 38.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a dam
40. 40.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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