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