Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 784 · 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 of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a mountain (d) a river
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a river (d) a mountain
6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a satellite (d) a mountain
7. 7.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.True or false: a microscope helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) cross a wide river
10. 10.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) reach a top floor fast (d) talk to someone far away
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a dam (d) a river
13. 13.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
14. 14.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a telephone helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a cloud (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
17. 17.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.True or false: a lift helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a lift
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
21. 21.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a train
22. 22.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) make water safe to drink (d) make power from sunlight
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a seashell (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
24. 24.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
25. 25.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
27. 27.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a lift
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a satellite
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a river
30. 30.True or false: a train helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
32. 32.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a railway track
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
35. 35.True or false: a lift helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
37. 37.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
38. 38.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
40. 40.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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