Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 912 · 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 microscope meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) keep food fresh longer (c) carry many people far (d) see very tiny things
2. 2.True or false: a telephone helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: a bicycle is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a bicycle
6. 6.True or false: a dam helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) science (d) dance
8. 8.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
9. 9.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) make power from sunlight (c) store water for summer (d) carry many people far
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a railway track (c) a ceiling fan (d) a bicycle
12. 12.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a lift
13. 13.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a solar panel
14. 14.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
15. 15.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a bridge (c) a microscope (d) a telephone
16. 16.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
18. 18.True or false: a solar panel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) why is the sky blue? (d) who won the match?
20. 20.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a river (d) a railway track
23. 23.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
25. 25.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a volcano (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
28. 28.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) understands the problem (b) paints the model (c) buys every material (d) builds at once
29. 29.True or false: a lift helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a dam (c) a lift (d) a bridge
31. 31.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
32. 32.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a coral reef (d) a water filter
34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) sells tickets (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
35. 35.True or false: a river is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
37. 37.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) store water for summer (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) go through a mountain
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a cloud (d) a mobile phone
39. 39.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a telephone (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
40. 40.True or false: a water filter helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True

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