Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 778 · 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 store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
2. 2.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
3. 3.Which need does a dam meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
4. 4.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a solar panel
6. 6.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a river
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
8. 8.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) buys every material
10. 10.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
11. 11.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
15. 15.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.True or false: a fridge helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a volcano
18. 18.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a bridge
19. 19.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
20. 20.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a train
22. 22.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which need does a train meet? (a) carry many people far (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a cloud (d) a river
25. 25.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a satellite (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
29. 29.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a lost cricket match
31. 31.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a train
34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a coral reef
36. 36.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track

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