Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 990 · 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 solar panel helps people make power from sunlight. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a water filter (b) a seashell (c) a cloud (d) a volcano
3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a coral reef (c) a volcano (d) a mountain
5. 5.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) dance (d) music
6. 6.🛠️ Is a waterfall made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mobile phone (c) a satellite (d) a cloud
8. 8.🛠️ People need to reach a top floor fast. Which invention helps? (a) a microscope (b) a dam (c) a water filter (d) a lift
9. 9.True or false: a satellite is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a cloud
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a bicycle (c) a volcano (d) a dam
13. 13.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mountain (b) a railway track (c) a water filter (d) a bicycle
14. 14.True or false: a train helps people carry many people far. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a water filter (c) a volcano (d) a seashell
16. 16.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a lift (c) a bridge (d) a fridge
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bicycle (b) a dam (c) a ceiling fan (d) a waterfall
18. 18.🛠️ Is a mobile phone made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
19. 19.True or false: a train helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a lift (b) a bridge (c) a train (d) a microscope
21. 21.🛠️ Is a water filter made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
22. 22.Which need does a lift meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) carry many people far (c) store water for summer (d) cross a wide river
23. 23.Which need does a bridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) cross a wide river (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
24. 24.True or false: a train helps people see very tiny things. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: a bicycle is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bridge (b) a banyan tree (c) a railway track (d) a water filter
27. 27.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a mobile phone (b) a lift (c) a rainbow (d) a dam
28. 28.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) make water safe to drink (b) see very tiny things (c) go through a mountain (d) keep food fresh longer
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a banyan tree (b) a river (c) a lift (d) a volcano
30. 30.🛠️ People need to talk to someone far away. Which invention helps? (a) a telephone (b) a microscope (c) a tunnel (d) a dam
31. 31.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a volcano (b) a mountain (c) a waterfall (d) a bicycle
32. 32.🛠️ Is a ceiling fan made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
33. 33.Which need does a dam meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) store water for summer (c) keep food fresh longer (d) reach a top floor fast
34. 34.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) builds at once (c) buys every material (d) understands the problem
35. 35.Which need does a train meet? (a) talk to someone far away (b) carry many people far (c) cross a wide river (d) reach a top floor fast
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mountain (b) a water filter (c) a dam (d) a lift
37. 37.True or false: a fridge helps people cross a wide river. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: a mountain is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which need does a telephone meet? (a) cross a wide river (b) see very tiny things (c) make water safe to drink (d) talk to someone far away
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainbow (b) a mobile phone (c) a bicycle (d) a water filter

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