Materials

What is material?

• Substances that objects are made from e.g. plastic.

• The way something looks, feels, smells, sounds or tastes like.

The word we use to describe a material is called

• Property

• Texture

__________________ is the way something feels, tastes, looks, sounds and smells.

• Solid

• Property

Look at the picture.

Which object can absorb water?

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How do you describe properties of glass?

• clear and hard

• soft

• rough

How do you describe properties of clay?

• firm / bendable

• rough/heavy

• clear/soft

How do you describe properties of concrete?

• firm / bendable

• rough/heavy

• clear/soft

Look at the photo.

Is the chair a solid or liquid?

• solid

• liquid

Look at the pictures.

Which image shows a solid?

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A towel can absorb water easily.

• True
• False