Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 894 · 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.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) dance (b) science (c) music (d) cooking
2. 2.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
3. 3.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a bridge (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
4. 4.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a telephone (d) a bridge
5. 5.True or false: a tunnel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a banyan tree (b) a bicycle (c) a railway track (d) a satellite
7. 7.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
10. 10.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a seashell (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
12. 12.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a fridge
13. 13.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a river
15. 15.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a water filter
16. 16.True or false: a lift helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a sad song
18. 18.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a coral reef (d) a bicycle
21. 21.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) keep food fresh longer
23. 23.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a tunnel
24. 24.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) make water safe to drink (c) see very tiny things (d) cross a wide river
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
27. 27.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a train
30. 30.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
31. 31.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
34. 34.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a ceiling fan (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a dam
38. 38.True or false: a telephone helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a seashell

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