Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 849 · 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 dam (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a bicycle
3. 3.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a bicycle (c) a banyan tree (d) a mountain
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a mobile phone (d) a banyan tree
8. 8.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
9. 9.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
10. 10.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
11. 11.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
12. 12.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a fridge (d) a lift
13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) science (d) cooking
14. 14.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a water filter
16. 16.Which need does a dam meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a bridge (d) a bicycle
19. 19.True or false: a tunnel helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a water filter
21. 21.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.True or false: a water filter helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a satellite
27. 27.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) store water for summer
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a mountain (d) a railway track
30. 30.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
31. 31.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
34. 34.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
35. 35.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a boring story (c) a lost cricket match (d) a sad song
36. 36.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a lift
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a mobile phone (c) a coral reef (d) a river
39. 39.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
40. 40.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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