Absorbent materials

What does it mean if someone said an object is 'absorbent'?

• It is a gas

• It does not soak up liquids

• It soaks up liquids

• It can be stretched

Which of the following materials are able to absorb water?

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Which one of these following objects can be classified as absorbent?

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Japanese umbrella is actually made from paper, but then the paper is covered by such oil and painted with oil paint. By covering paper with oil we make it becomes . . .

• absorbent

• flexible

• hard

• waterproof

What kind of material would you want to make an umbrella out of?

• absorbent

• stretchy

• Soft

• waterproof

What an object is made from is called a __________

• product

• bag

• material

• basic sources

Which material is the most absorbent?

• Paper

• Plastic

• Glass

• Sponge

The more space between the fibers of a material, the more water it can absorb.

• True

• False

Waterproof means : absorb any water

• True

• False

Rubber is waterproof.

• False

• True