Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 782 · 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 need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a coral reef
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a bicycle
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bridge
9. 9.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a lift (d) a microscope
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a satellite
13. 13.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
14. 14.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a fridge (c) a dam (d) a lift
17. 17.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
18. 18.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
20. 20.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
21. 21.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
22. 22.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a solar panel
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
24. 24.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) music (d) dance
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a lift (d) a water filter
27. 27.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a lost cricket match
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a river (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
29. 29.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a bridge (c) a satellite (d) a lift
31. 31.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
34. 34.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
36. 36.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a train
38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a railway track
39. 39.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make water safe to drink (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
40. 40.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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