Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 876 · 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 water filter (b) a cloud (c) a satellite (d) a mobile phone
2. 2.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a solar panel (c) a telephone (d) a lift
3. 3.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a seashell (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a waterfall (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a rainbow (d) a bridge
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
8. 8.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
9. 9.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a lift (d) a microscope
10. 10.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) see very tiny things (d) go through a mountain
11. 11.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
13. 13.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a train (c) a microscope (d) a solar panel
15. 15.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make water safe to drink (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
16. 16.True or false: a water filter is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) see very tiny things
19. 19.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a ceiling fan (d) a rainbow
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a cloud (c) a coral reef (d) a seashell
22. 22.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a bicycle (c) a dam (d) a satellite
25. 25.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) cross a wide river (d) talk to someone far away
28. 28.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a water filter (d) a train
29. 29.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
31. 31.True or false: a solar panel helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) talk to someone far away (c) make water safe to drink (d) go through a mountain
33. 33.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make water safe to drink (d) store water for summer
36. 36.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a bicycle
38. 38.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) grows crops (d) only paints pictures
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
40. 40.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge

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