Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 818 · 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 bicycle (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a lift
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a waterfall (d) a rainbow
3. 3.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
5. 5.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) keep food fresh longer
6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a bicycle
9. 9.True or false: a volcano is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
13. 13.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
14. 14.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
17. 17.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a microscope
19. 19.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
22. 22.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.True or false: a dam helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a water filter (c) a lift (d) a river
26. 26.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
27. 27.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
30. 30.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a dam
31. 31.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a telephone
33. 33.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a river (d) a satellite
35. 35.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
36. 36.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a railway track
38. 38.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
40. 40.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False

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