Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 942 · 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 telephone helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a rainbow (c) a bridge (d) a dam
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a mobile phone
4. 4.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) make water safe to drink (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
5. 5.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a water filter (b) a lift (c) a banyan tree (d) a ceiling fan
6. 6.True or false: a rainbow is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: a lift helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: a satellite is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a boring story (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a road that floods
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a river (d) a bridge
11. 11.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) paints the model
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a volcano (b) a cloud (c) a mountain (d) a bicycle
13. 13.True or false: a microscope helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
15. 15.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: a bridge helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a fridge
18. 18.Which need does a train meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) carry many people far
19. 19.True or false: a microscope helps people cross a wide river. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: a lift is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a dam
22. 22.True or false: a tunnel helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) what is for lunch? (b) how can we build it? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
24. 24.True or false: a microscope helps people go through a mountain. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a lift (b) a river (c) a volcano (d) a waterfall
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cloud (b) a dam (c) a bicycle (d) a lift
28. 28.True or false: a lift helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a volcano (c) a water filter (d) a banyan tree
30. 30.True or false: a mobile phone is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a bridge (c) a mountain (d) a mobile phone
32. 32.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a mountain
34. 34.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: a fridge helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which need does a lift meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
37. 37.True or false: a train helps people make power from sunlight. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🛠️ Is a seashell made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
39. 39.🛠️ People need to keep food fresh longer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a fridge (d) a bridge
40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False

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