Properties of Materials
Tell me one property of metal
Shiny
Hard
Strong
What is the natural material that comes from trees?
Wood
What is the processed material that comes from trees? (Two accepted answers)
Paper or Cardboard
What are two materials that a shoe can be made of?
Fabric
Leather
Rubber
Which one of these materials have we not talked about in class?
Wood
Paper
Fabric
Cement
Glass
Cement
Tell me two properties of glass.
See through (transparent)
Breakable
What is the natural material that comes from sheep?
Wool
What is the processed material that comes from sand?
Glass
For Christmas, you get a nice, warm knitted sweater. This sweater is probably made out of
wool.
Which of these items is usually not made of leather?
Belt
Purse
Socks
Boots
Jacket
Socks
Tell me 2 properties of wood.
Bumpy
Smooth
Strong
Hard
What is the natural material that a tshirt is made of? Where does it come from (Half points for each),
Cotton and it comes from a cotton plant
What is the processed material that comes from weaving fibers like cotton?
Fabric
Name 3 materials a pencil is made of.
Wood
Metal
Rubber
Graphite
What is the difference between a natural material and a processed material?
Natural materials come from nature and processed materials start off as natural but are altered by people to make new things.
Tell me 2 properties of rubber.
Bendy
Flexible
Soft
Smooth
Waterproof
What in nature does leather come from?
Cows
When coal is processed, it creates what metal?
Steel
What is an Inukshuk made of (1 bonus point if you can tell me who makes Inukshuks)
An Inukshuk is made of rocks and are made by some indigenous people, including the Inuit.
Which one of these IS an example of an object made of plastic?
Car
Pencil sharpener
House
Lightbulb
Pencil sharpener