Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 862 · 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 telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a satellite (b) a seashell (c) a water filter (d) a ceiling fan
3. 3.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
5. 5.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a lift (d) a bridge
6. 6.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.Which need does a train meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
8. 8.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a lift (c) a mountain (d) a banyan tree
11. 11.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
18. 18.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) go through a mountain (b) carry many people far (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
19. 19.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a waterfall (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
22. 22.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
23. 23.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a mountain
25. 25.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) designs useful solutions (b) grows crops (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a river
28. 28.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) make water safe to drink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a bridge (d) a seashell
30. 30.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) see very tiny things (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a coral reef (c) a banyan tree (d) a bicycle
33. 33.True or false: a solar panel helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
36. 36.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) carry many people far
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a rainbow
38. 38.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
39. 39.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
40. 40.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once

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