Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 815 · 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 water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a volcano (c) a ceiling fan (d) a dam
3. 3.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
4. 4.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
5. 5.Which need does a train meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) talk to someone far away
6. 6.True or false: a bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a mountain
8. 8.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
9. 9.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a tunnel
11. 11.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a bridge
12. 12.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a coral reef (c) a dam (d) a cloud
15. 15.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
18. 18.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a bridge (d) a banyan tree
20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a microscope (c) a water filter (d) a telephone
21. 21.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a train
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a ceiling fan (c) a railway track (d) a lift
25. 25.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) cross a wide river
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a mobile phone
30. 30.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a lift
31. 31.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a fridge
34. 34.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
35. 35.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) who won the match? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a mountain (d) a cloud
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a rainbow
38. 38.True or false: a lift helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) cooking (d) music

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