Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 853 · 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.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
2. 2.True or false: a lift helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a bicycle (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
4. 4.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
6. 6.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) keep food fresh longer
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a railway track (c) a dam (d) a mountain
8. 8.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
9. 9.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
11. 11.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
12. 12.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a fridge (d) a telephone
14. 14.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a waterfall (c) a bicycle (d) a volcano
16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a train (c) a dam (d) a telephone
17. 17.True or false: a train helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
20. 20.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.True or false: a bridge is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a lift
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a bicycle (d) a ceiling fan
27. 27.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a seashell
29. 29.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) only paints pictures (c) designs useful solutions (d) grows crops
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a cloud
33. 33.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) cross a wide river
34. 34.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
36. 36.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a coral reef (d) a bridge
38. 38.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a ceiling fan (d) a lift
40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) reach a top floor fast (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river

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