Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 788 · 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.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
5. 5.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which need does a lift meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a lift
9. 9.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a rainbow (d) a volcano
10. 10.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a mountain
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a mountain (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
14. 14.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a railway track
18. 18.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a solar panel
19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
20. 20.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) carry many people far
24. 24.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
25. 25.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) talk to someone far away
26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
28. 28.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
31. 31.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a dam
35. 35.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
37. 37.🛠️ 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?
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a river
40. 40.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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