The document discusses various properties of common materials including strength, hardness, flexibility, elasticity, transparency, and buoyancy. It examines everyday items made of materials like metal, wood, rubber, plastic, cloth, and combinations thereof. Readers are prompted to consider which materials would be best for certain purposes based on their properties, like choosing a school book bag or a car windshield material. Key material properties and common items made from different materials are defined.
Can it bend
ornot?
Is it strong?
What do you think of this object?
Is it hard or
soft?
Is it opaque or
transparent?
Can it
float or
sink?
Does it
absorb water
or not?
11.
Let us takea look a few everyday
items:
-are strong
- will not break easily
- do not bend easily
What if it is made of rubber
or cloth? What will happen?
-is transparent
-can holdwater without breaking
-is brittle
- has high resistant to heat
Just imagine if it is made up of
metal or wood. What will happen?
15.
-is elastic andflexible
-can expand when air is
blown
Just imagine if it is made up
of cloth. What would happen?
16.
-is waterproof
- canwalk in puddles
without getting wet
Just imagine if it is made up of
metal or cloth. What will happen?
17.
gold ring ironnails aluminium can steel knife
- are strong and hard
- are shiny
- can’t float on the
water
18.
vase cup platespot
- are opaque
- are brittle
- have high resistant to heat
A. Fill inthe table: Look at the picture and identify what
material each item is made of.
22.
B. Short answer:
1.You want to buy a bag to carry books to
school. What materials are you going to choose
and why?
23.
2.What will happenif the wide-screen of
a car is made up of metal or plastic?
24.
C. Name thematerials used to make each
thing below. List ONE property of each
material.
Material:
__________
Property:
__________
Material:
__________
Property:
__________
25.
D. Label thepicture below according
to its combined materials.