Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 779 · 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 water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
2. 2.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
3. 3.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a dam (c) a solar panel (d) a train
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a waterfall
9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) store water for summer (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a waterfall
11. 11.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
12. 12.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
14. 14.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a coral reef (d) a cloud
18. 18.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a train
20. 20.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
21. 21.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
22. 22.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
24. 24.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a waterfall
26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a banyan tree
30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
31. 31.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a satellite (d) a bridge
32. 32.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
34. 34.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
37. 37.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) make water safe to drink (d) see very tiny things
39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a rainbow (d) a bicycle
40. 40.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel

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