Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 890 · 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 satellite (b) a railway track (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
2. 2.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a lift
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a satellite (c) a waterfall (d) a river
6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) carry many people far (b) go through a mountain (c) make power from sunlight (d) reach a top floor fast
9. 9.Which need does a microscope meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a bicycle (d) a banyan tree
11. 11.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a train (d) a bridge
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a ceiling fan
13. 13.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) store water for summer
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a rainbow (c) a coral reef (d) a lift
15. 15.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a dam (d) a bicycle
16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) go through a mountain (d) make power from sunlight
17. 17.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a river (c) a satellite (d) a bicycle
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) buys every material (c) builds at once (d) understands the problem
20. 20.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) keep food fresh longer (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
21. 21.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) music (c) science (d) cooking
23. 23.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a lift (c) a train (d) a microscope
24. 24.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a seashell (c) a mountain (d) a dam
25. 25.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
27. 27.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a microscope (d) a bridge
28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a satellite (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
31. 31.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a mountain
33. 33.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a road that floods (c) a lost cricket match (d) a boring story
34. 34.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) make power from sunlight (d) talk to someone far away
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a cloud
39. 39.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) see very tiny things (c) make power from sunlight (d) cross a wide river

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