Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 783 · 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 tunnel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
3. 3.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) sells tickets
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
6. 6.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
7. 7.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
9. 9.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
10. 10.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) make power from sunlight (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
11. 11.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
12. 12.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
13. 13.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a water filter
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a satellite
15. 15.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a microscope
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a water filter (d) a river
21. 21.🛠️ 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
22. 22.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
23. 23.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a dam
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bicycle (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
26. 26.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
29. 29.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
30. 30.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
31. 31.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
36. 36.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a bridge
38. 38.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) talk to someone far away (c) make power from sunlight (d) see very tiny things
39. 39.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
40. 40.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True

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