Material Science Quiz

Which material can you bend easily?

• a piece of wood

• a piece of metal

• a rubber band

• a glass bottle

When you heat ice, what does it turn into?

• water

• air

• rocks

• sand

What do you do to a piece of paper to make it smaller?

• stretch it

• squash it

• heat it

• twist it

When you fold a piece of paper, you are ___________ it.

• squashing

• bending

• heating

• stretching

What do you do to a balloon to make it larger?

• heat it

• cool it

• stretch it

• squash it

What happens to a rubber band when you stretch it?

• It becomes softer

• It becomes harder

• It becomes longer

• It becomes shorter

Which activity involves making a material longer or pulling it apart?

• twisting

• heating

• stretching

• cooling

If you twist a towel, you are ___________ it.

• bending

• twisting

• stretching

• squashing

Which material would you stretch to make it longer?

• a rubber band

• a metal spoon

• a glass marble

• a wooden block

What happens to a rubber ball when you squeeze it really hard?

• It bounces higher

• It gets softer

• It gets bigger

• It changes color