Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 885 · 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 need does a tunnel meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a railway track (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
3. 3.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a mountain (c) a mobile phone (d) a ceiling fan
7. 7.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a tunnel
8. 8.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
9. 9.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
10. 10.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) how can we build it? (c) what is for lunch? (d) why is the sky blue?
12. 12.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
13. 13.True or false: a banyan tree is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) reach a top floor fast (c) go through a mountain (d) make water safe to drink
16. 16.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
17. 17.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) talk to someone far away
18. 18.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a fridge (c) a lift (d) a dam
19. 19.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
20. 20.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a railway track
21. 21.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a microscope (c) a telephone (d) a dam
22. 22.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) cooking (c) music (d) science
23. 23.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) keep food fresh longer
24. 24.True or false: a fridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a satellite (c) a water filter (d) a rainbow
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mobile phone (b) a mountain (c) a seashell (d) a coral reef
31. 31.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a railway track (b) a river (c) a mobile phone (d) a bridge
33. 33.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a road that floods (c) a sad song (d) a lost cricket match
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a cloud (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
35. 35.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a banyan tree (c) a satellite (d) a coral reef
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a banyan tree
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a seashell
38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a waterfall (c) a cloud (d) a rainbow
40. 40.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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