Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 863 · 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 water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) who won the match? (d) what is for lunch?
3. 3.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a seashell (c) a lift (d) a bicycle
4. 4.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a cloud (c) a lift (d) a volcano
6. 6.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) dance (c) cooking (d) science
8. 8.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
10. 10.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a mountain
12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) reach a top floor fast (c) cross a wide river (d) make water safe to drink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
14. 14.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a rainbow (c) a mountain (d) a ceiling fan
16. 16.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
17. 17.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a banyan tree (d) a lift
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a seashell (c) a satellite (d) a volcano
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which need does a dam meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a volcano
29. 29.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a bridge (c) a railway track (d) a volcano
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a cloud (b) a water filter (c) a railway track (d) a bridge
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a bicycle (d) a mobile phone
33. 33.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a telephone (d) a lift
34. 34.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a water filter (c) a river (d) a rainbow
37. 37.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
40. 40.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) carry many people far (b) store water for summer (c) make water safe to drink (d) cross a wide river

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