Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 797 · 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 found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a river (c) a railway track (d) a ceiling fan
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a lift (c) a railway track (d) a mobile phone
3. 3.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a ceiling fan (c) a bridge (d) a coral reef
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a bicycle
6. 6.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a lift
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
9. 9.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
11. 11.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a mobile phone
13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a train helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a tunnel
16. 16.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
17. 17.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
18. 18.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
19. 19.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a bridge
21. 21.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
24. 24.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
26. 26.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
29. 29.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
33. 33.True or false: a tunnel helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) make power from sunlight
37. 37.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a banyan tree
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a water filter
40. 40.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a telephone (c) a dam (d) a train

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