Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 831 · 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.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) paints the model (d) understands the problem
2. 2.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
3. 3.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) only paints pictures (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a solar panel (d) a bridge
8. 8.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a water filter
9. 9.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a ceiling fan
11. 11.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a telephone
12. 12.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.True or false: a fridge helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a river (d) a dam
15. 15.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
20. 20.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) go through a mountain
21. 21.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
23. 23.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
25. 25.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a ceiling fan (d) a seashell
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a cloud (d) a mountain
29. 29.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
32. 32.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a mobile phone (d) a rainbow
34. 34.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a telephone
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a waterfall (c) a river (d) a railway track
36. 36.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers

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