Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 924 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a seashell (c) a rainbow (d) a satellite
2. 2.True or false: a fridge helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a river
5. 5.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🛠️ Is a railway track made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) sells tickets
8. 8.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
10. 10.🛠️ Is a seashell 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 bridge (b) a mobile phone (c) a dam (d) a banyan tree
12. 12.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
13. 13.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) see very tiny things (d) carry many people far
14. 14.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: a water filter is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a coral reef (c) a bridge (d) a cloud
18. 18.Which need does a water filter meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) make power from sunlight (c) carry many people far (d) keep food fresh longer
19. 19.🛠️ 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?
20. 20.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) carry many people far (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
21. 21.True or false: a dam helps people store water for summer. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: a mountain is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) builds at once (b) understands the problem (c) buys every material (d) paints the model
24. 24.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
25. 25.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a dam (d) a fridge
26. 26.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) keep food fresh longer (c) make power from sunlight (d) go through a mountain
28. 28.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.True or false: a waterfall is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a coral reef (b) a lift (c) a dam (d) a mobile phone
31. 31.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a lost cricket match (b) a sad song (c) a road that floods (d) a boring story
32. 32.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a train (c) a water filter (d) a lift
34. 34.True or false: a bridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a solar panel
36. 36.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) go through a mountain (c) talk to someone far away (d) carry many people far
37. 37.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a satellite (c) a ceiling fan (d) a volcano
39. 39.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) make water safe to drink (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
40. 40.True or false: a dam is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False

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