Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 772 · 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 waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a river
4. 4.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) science (d) dance
5. 5.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
6. 6.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
10. 10.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
13. 13.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
14. 14.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a tunnel
15. 15.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) make water safe to drink
16. 16.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) carry many people far
18. 18.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) what is for lunch?
19. 19.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
20. 20.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
21. 21.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a river (d) a railway track
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a bicycle
25. 25.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a lift
26. 26.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
29. 29.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a lift
30. 30.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a satellite (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) carry many people far (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a cloud
35. 35.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle

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