Engineering Worksheet: What Engineers Do

Engineering lesson 1: What engineers do · Set 995 · 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 of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a satellite (c) a railway track (d) a seashell
3. 3.🛠️ Is a mountain made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
4. 4.True or false: a seashell is found in nature. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🛠️ Is a banyan tree made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
6. 6.🛠️ People need to make power from sunlight. Which invention helps? (a) a fridge (b) a solar panel (c) a lift (d) a tunnel
7. 7.🛠️ Is a satellite made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
8. 8.True or false: a cloud is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🛠️ Is a bridge made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
10. 10.🛠️ People need to make water safe to drink. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a tunnel (c) a lift (d) a water filter
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a railway track (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a coral reef
12. 12.True or false: a bridge helps people talk to someone far away. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🛠️ Engineers use maths and which other subject the most? (a) cooking (b) science (c) music (d) dance
14. 14.Which need does a dam meet? (a) carry many people far (b) make water safe to drink (c) store water for summer (d) reach a top floor fast
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a mountain (d) a bridge
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a dam (b) a mountain (c) a satellite (d) a water filter
17. 17.🛠️ Which of these is a problem an engineer could solve? (a) a road that floods (b) a lost cricket match (c) a sad song (d) a boring story
18. 18.Which need does a fridge meet? (a) keep food fresh longer (b) talk to someone far away (c) carry many people far (d) make power from sunlight
19. 19.Which need does a train meet? (a) see very tiny things (b) carry many people far (c) reach a top floor fast (d) go through a mountain
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a river (b) a banyan tree (c) a waterfall (d) a water filter
21. 21.🛠️ Is a cloud made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
22. 22.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a banyan tree (b) a rainbow (c) a river (d) a water filter
23. 23.🛠️ A scientist asks “why does it happen?”. An engineer mostly asks … (a) how can we build it? (b) what is for lunch? (c) who won the match? (d) why is the sky blue?
24. 24.🛠️ People need to go through a mountain. Which invention helps? (a) a tunnel (b) a fridge (c) a water filter (d) a dam
25. 25.🛠️ Is a dam made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
26. 26.🛠️ What does an engineer do before building anything? (a) paints the model (b) understands the problem (c) builds at once (d) buys every material
27. 27.True or false: a volcano is made by engineers. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which need does a solar panel meet? (a) reach a top floor fast (b) go through a mountain (c) cross a wide river (d) make power from sunlight
29. 29.True or false: a fridge helps people keep food fresh longer. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🛠️ People need to store water for summer. Which invention helps? (a) a train (b) a microscope (c) a bridge (d) a dam
31. 31.🛠️ Is a volcano made by engineers or found in nature? (a) found in nature (b) made by engineers
32. 32.Which of these is made by engineers? (a) a river (b) a dam (c) a banyan tree (d) a cloud
33. 33.True or false: a waterfall is made by engineers. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🛠️ People need to cross a wide river. Which invention helps? (a) a dam (b) a train (c) a bridge (d) a microscope
35. 35.True or false: a water filter helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is found in nature? (a) a ceiling fan (b) a mobile phone (c) a cloud (d) a lift
37. 37.True or false: a dam helps people see very tiny things. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: a fridge helps people reach a top floor fast. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🛠️ Is a coral reef made by engineers or found in nature? (a) made by engineers (b) found in nature
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a seashell (b) a satellite (c) a lift (d) a bridge

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