Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 953 · 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 made by engineers? (a) a railway track (b) a volcano (c) a mountain (d) a waterfall
2. 2.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a solar panel
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a dam (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
4. 4.True or false: a solar panel helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) buys every material (b) paints the model (c) understands the problem (d) builds at once
7. 7.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which need does a dam meet? (a) make power from sunlight (b) store water for summer (c) go through a mountain (d) reach a top floor fast
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a railway track (c) a rainbow (d) a mobile phone
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mobile phone (b) a banyan tree (c) a lift (d) a water filter
11. 11.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) who won the match? (c) how can we build it? (d) what is for lunch?
12. 12.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a dam (c) a bridge (d) a water filter
13. 13.True or false: a solar panel helps people make water safe to drink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a train
15. 15.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
16. 16.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
17. 17.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
18. 18.Which need does a tunnel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) go through a mountain
19. 19.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a train (c) a solar panel (d) a telephone
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a volcano (c) a seashell (d) a water filter
21. 21.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) music (b) science (c) cooking (d) dance
23. 23.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a lift (d) a ceiling fan
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a cloud (c) a waterfall (d) a railway track
25. 25.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a seashell
26. 26.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a volcano (c) a satellite (d) a ceiling fan
28. 28.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
29. 29.True or false: a ceiling fan is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) go through a mountain (c) make water safe to drink (d) reach a top floor fast
31. 31.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) only paints pictures (b) sells tickets (c) grows crops (d) designs useful solutions
32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a waterfall (b) a satellite (c) a rainbow (d) a banyan tree
33. 33.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a solar panel (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a microscope
34. 34.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a coral reef
35. 35.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: a mobile phone is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🛠️ People need to see very tiny things. Which invention helps? (a) a water filter (b) a telephone (c) a microscope (d) a train
38. 38.True or false: a bridge is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: a rainbow is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a telephone helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True

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