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