Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 777 · 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 fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
4. 4.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
5. 5.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) talk to someone far away
6. 6.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
8. 8.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
10. 10.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
13. 13.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a mountain
16. 16.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
17. 17.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
18. 18.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
22. 22.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
24. 24.True or false: a lift helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
28. 28.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a lift
31. 31.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a microscope
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a water filter
33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
34. 34.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
35. 35.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True

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