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Characteristics of materials

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1. Why couldn't you use a plastic towel?

It would be too bendy

It wouldn't be absorbent

It wouldn't conduct heat

2. Why wouldn't you sit on a glass chair?

It might shatter

It wouldn't be absorbent

It would be transparent

3. Where do metals come from?

From rocks called ores

From fibres woven together

From trees

4. How is glass made?

By heating sand

By mashing up wood from trees

By weaving fibres together

5. How is paper made?

By heating sand

By mashing up wood from trees

By weaving fibres together

6. Metal is used for nails because it ...

rusts

is shiny

does not bend easily

7. Wood is used for matches because it ...

floats

rots

burns

8. Rubber is used for wellington boots because it ...

floats

is opaque

is waterproof

9. Which spoon is it safer to stir very hot soup with?

A metal spoon

A wooden spoon

A paper spoon

10. Material A is stretchy but not absorbent. Material B is very absorbent but does not stretch. Which makes the best swimwear?

Material A

Material B

Both Material A and Material B make good swimwear

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