Materials Quiz - PLTW

Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force.

• Density

• Materials

• Physical properties

• Mass

A property of matter in which the size of a sample does not affect its value, is a measure of an object's mass per unit of volume commonly expressed in units of grams per milliliter and kilograms per liter.

• Density

• Mass

• Biomaterials

• Ceramics

A material made by combining two or more materials, often ones that have very different properties.

• Ceramics

• Composite materials

• Metals

• Biomaterials

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat.

• Biomaterials

• Ceramics

• Composite materials

• Metals

Material class(es) with low elasticity

• ceramics

• composites

• polymers

• metals

Material made of chains of hydrocarbons

• ceramics

• polymers

• metals

• composites

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Includes oxides, nitrides, and carbides

• ceramics

• composites

• polymers

• metals

Classifications of materials having high strength

• ceramics

• composites

• polymers

• metals

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

Examples of this material classification include reinforced concrete and Kevlar

• ceramics

• composites

• polymers

• metals

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Materials that are highly malleable and ductile

• ceramics

• polymers

• composites

• metals