RAW MATERIALS
A material that comes from nature and is used to make products.
What is a raw material?
A chair, a table, or a phone is an example of this.
What is a product?
This tool is used to cut wood.
What is a saw?
This metal is very strong and is used in buildings.
What is steel?
This tool is used to hit nails into wood.
What is a hammer?
This raw material comes from trees.
What is wood?
A material that comes from plants, animals, or the Earth.
What is a natural material?
This type of wood comes from trees like pine or fir.
What is softwood?
This metal is light and does not rust.
What is aluminum?
This tool is used to tighten or loosen screws.
What is a screwdriver?
This raw material comes from the ground and is often very strong.
What is metal?
This man-made material is flexible and used for bottles and bags.
What is plastic?
This type of wood comes from trees like oak or beech.
What is hardwood?
This metal is used to make electrical cables.
What is copper?
This power tool is used to drill holes and also drive screws using different bits.
What is a drill?
This raw material comes from animals and is used to make clothes or shoes.
What is leather?
This material does not come from nature and is made by people.
What is a synthetic material?
This wood product is made by pressing thin layers of wood together.
What is plywood?
This process changes metal by heating it and shaping it.
What is forging?
This tool is used to hold materials together while working.
What is a clamp?
Oil is a raw material used to make plastics, fuel, and many other products. Oil comes from this place.
What is underground? / What is the Earth’s crust?
This group of materials includes plastic, glass, and paper because they are made by people, not found in nature.
What are artificial (manufactured) materials?
This advantage of wood makes it good for furniture and houses, but also means it can burn easily.
What is that it is light and easy to work with? / That it is flammable?
This property of metals allows electricity to pass through them.
What is electrical conductivity?
This hand tool measures angles and helps draw straight lines.
What is a set square?