Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 880 · 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 lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) why is the sky blue?
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
4. 4.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
7. 7.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a cloud (c) a mobile phone (d) a mountain
9. 9.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make water safe to drink (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
10. 10.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a tunnel
12. 12.True or false: a cloud is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
14. 14.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a banyan tree (c) a rainbow (d) a coral reef
16. 16.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
19. 19.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
20. 20.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a fridge (d) a solar panel
21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a telephone (d) a tunnel
23. 23.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) cooking (d) science
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a cloud
25. 25.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
26. 26.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
28. 28.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
31. 31.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) see very tiny things
32. 32.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
33. 33.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) go through a mountain (c) keep food fresh longer (d) see very tiny things
34. 34.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a mobile phone (c) a lift (d) a river
37. 37.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a cloud (c) a dam (d) a lift
39. 39.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a banyan tree (c) a dam (d) a volcano
40. 40.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True

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