Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 846 · 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 railway track (b) a mountain (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
2. 2.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a rainbow
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a river
5. 5.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a water filter
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a river (c) a waterfall (d) a ceiling fan
9. 9.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a train
12. 12.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a ceiling fan (c) a seashell (d) a lift
15. 15.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a water filter
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a satellite
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
20. 20.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a railway track
22. 22.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a microscope
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a dam (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow
25. 25.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
26. 26.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) how can we build it?
28. 28.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a dam
30. 30.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bridge (c) a waterfall (d) a mountain
32. 32.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a dam
34. 34.True or false: a solar panel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a banyan tree (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
37. 37.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
38. 38.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
39. 39.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True

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