Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 934 · 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.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a water filter (c) a solar panel (d) a dam
4. 4.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a mountain (b) a cloud (c) a railway track (d) a rainbow
5. 5.True or false: a dam is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a sad song (c) a lost cricket match (d) a road that floods
7. 7.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
8. 8.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a telephone (c) a tunnel (d) a bridge
9. 9.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) music (c) cooking (d) dance
10. 10.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a mobile phone (d) a seashell
11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) who won the match? (b) why is the sky blue? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
12. 12.Which need does a lift meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) go through a mountain
13. 13.🛠️ Is a bicycle made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
14. 14.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make power from sunlight (c) talk to someone far away (d) see very tiny things
15. 15.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) reach a top floor fast (c) talk to someone far away (d) cross a wide river
16. 16.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) carry many people far
20. 20.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) sells tickets (b) designs useful solutions (c) only paints pictures (d) grows crops
21. 21.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bridge (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter
22. 22.True or false: a coral reef is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a river (c) a seashell (d) a mobile phone
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a river (c) a water filter (d) a dam
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a volcano (c) a bicycle (d) a cloud
26. 26.True or false: a tunnel helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: a fridge helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a solar panel (c) a dam (d) a microscope
30. 30.🛠️ Is a rainbow made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
31. 31.True or false: a dam helps people make water safe to drink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a ceiling fan (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
33. 33.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: a water filter helps people carry many people far. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a coral reef (d) a mobile phone
37. 37.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a water filter (c) a fridge (d) a dam
39. 39.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a coral reef (b) a bicycle (c) a seashell (d) a rainbow

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