Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 878 · 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 carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a dam (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
4. 4.🛠️ 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?
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
6. 6.True or false: a tunnel helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) store water for summer
8. 8.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) buys every material (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
9. 9.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
10. 10.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
11. 11.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
12. 12.Which need does a train meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a coral reef
17. 17.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a dam (c) a river (d) a mobile phone
18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a microscope
20. 20.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
21. 21.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) store water for summer (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
22. 22.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a water filter (c) a train (d) a dam
23. 23.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a telephone (d) a dam
24. 24.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) grows crops (c) sells tickets (d) designs useful solutions
25. 25.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a coral reef (c) a river (d) a cloud
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a bicycle (d) a satellite
28. 28.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) see very tiny things (c) talk to someone far away (d) store water for summer
29. 29.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
31. 31.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a water filter (c) a coral reef (d) a railway track
34. 34.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) cooking (c) dance (d) science
36. 36.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a water filter (c) a bridge (d) a train
37. 37.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a railway track
39. 39.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a rainbow (c) a waterfall (d) a lift

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