Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 918 · 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 a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a boring story (c) a road that floods (d) a sad song
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a cloud (d) a satellite
3. 3.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a bicycle (c) a ceiling fan (d) a coral reef
5. 5.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
6. 6.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🛠️ 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?
11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) grows crops (c) designs useful solutions (d) only paints pictures
12. 12.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a mountain (c) a river (d) a waterfall
14. 14.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) store water for summer (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a bridge
16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a ceiling fan (c) a waterfall (d) a coral reef
18. 18.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) builds at once (c) understands the problem (d) paints the model
20. 20.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a volcano (b) a water filter (c) a bicycle (d) a dam
22. 22.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
24. 24.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) music (c) dance (d) science
27. 27.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: a dam helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
30. 30.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a bicycle (c) a cloud (d) a river
31. 31.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a fridge (c) a bridge (d) a tunnel
32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a rainbow (b) a seashell (c) a volcano (d) a mobile phone
33. 33.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) cross a wide river (c) reach a top floor fast (d) carry many people far
34. 34.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a ceiling fan (c) a mobile phone (d) a river
35. 35.True or false: a railway track is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a microscope (d) a dam
37. 37.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a mountain (c) a banyan tree (d) a railway track
38. 38.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: a water filter helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature

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