Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 859 · 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.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a mobile phone (c) a bridge (d) a waterfall
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a seashell (d) a bridge
5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) dance (d) cooking
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a volcano (d) a satellite
7. 7.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a water filter (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
8. 8.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a rainbow
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
11. 11.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
13. 13.🛠️ 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
14. 14.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a mountain (c) a cloud (d) a lift
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a volcano (d) a railway track
18. 18.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a water filter (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
20. 20.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a fridge
22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) sells tickets (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
24. 24.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
25. 25.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
28. 28.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a dam (b) a banyan tree (c) a river (d) a rainbow
29. 29.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
32. 32.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a water filter
34. 34.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
35. 35.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a ceiling fan (c) a dam (d) a banyan tree
36. 36.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
37. 37.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
38. 38.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
39. 39.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall

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