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