This document discusses natural and manufactured materials. It begins by explaining that natural materials come from plants, animals, and rocks, such as cotton, wood, sheep, and diamonds. Manufactured materials are new materials created by humans using natural materials, like plastic rulers made from petroleum. The document then provides examples of natural versus manufactured materials. The second part describes various properties of materials, such as being transparent/opaque, rough/smooth, hard/soft, flexible/rigid, and absorbent/waterproof. Examples are given for each property.