Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 965 · 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 bridge helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a seashell
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a satellite (c) a cloud (d) a coral reef
4. 4.True or false: a dam helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) why is the sky blue? (b) what is for lunch? (c) how can we build it? (d) who won the match?
6. 6.True or false: a water filter helps people talk to someone far away. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🛠️ What does an engineer mainly do? (a) grows crops (b) designs useful solutions (c) sells tickets (d) only paints pictures
8. 8.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a bridge (b) a solar panel (c) a tunnel (d) a telephone
10. 10.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a cloud (b) a rainbow (c) a seashell (d) a dam
11. 11.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) store water for summer (b) see very tiny things (c) keep food fresh longer (d) cross a wide river
12. 12.Which need does a dam meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) keep food fresh longer (c) cross a wide river (d) store water for summer
13. 13.True or false: a seashell is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: a banyan tree is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🛠️ Is a lift made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
16. 16.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) cross a wide river (c) make power from sunlight (d) keep food fresh longer
17. 17.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) science (b) cooking (c) dance (d) music
18. 18.True or false: a telephone helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a dam (d) a seashell
20. 20.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
21. 21.True or false: a coral reef is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
23. 23.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a seashell (b) a banyan tree (c) a ceiling fan (d) a mountain
24. 24.True or false: a tunnel helps people store water for summer. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: a lift is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a coral reef (b) a waterfall (c) a volcano (d) a water filter
28. 28.Which need does a lift meet? (a) store water for summer (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a mobile phone (c) a river (d) a mountain
30. 30.True or false: a ceiling fan is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🛠️ Is a river made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
35. 35.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a lift (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
36. 36.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
37. 37.🛠️ People need to carry many people far. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a tunnel (c) a water filter (d) a train
38. 38.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a sad song (b) a lost cricket match (c) a boring story (d) a road that floods
39. 39.True or false: a railway track is found in nature. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: a tunnel helps people go through a mountain. (a) False (b) True

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