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Matter, materials and forces

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  • Name three man made materials
    Glass, ceramics and plastic
  • Name four different types of materials
    Plastic, wood, glass, fibres.
  • What is density?
    The amount of mass of an object in a unit of volume
  • Oil is more / less dense than water
    Less
  • What are forces?
    Forces can change an object’s movement or direction of movement
  • Look at the image. Push or pull?
    Push
  • Tell the definition of gas.
    Does not have a fixed shape or volume. They fill all the space around them
  • Name the properties of glass
    Transparent, fragile, rigid
  • Magnetism produces magnetic forces which ____ or _____ other metal objects
    Attracts or repels
  • What is mass?
    The amount of matter in an object
  • Name three solids
    Desk, rock, steel ball, door, etc.
  • A physical characteristic of a material is called?
    Property
  • T or F. Liquids have a fixed shape but have a fixed volume
    False. Liquides don’t have a fixed shape but have a fixed volume
  • T or F: plastic is a natural material
    False: it is man made
  • What is matter?
    Anything with mass and volume
  • What is buoyancy
    The ability of an object to float in liquids and gases
  • Oil has more / less density than alcohol
    More
  • What is a material?
    Matter with particular characteristics
  • What is gravity?
    A force that pulls objects with mass towards each other
  • What are the three states of matter?
    Solid, liquid, gas
  • When we throw an object in the air, it comes back down because?
    The force of the earth’s gravity pulls it back down
  • An object with more mass will float or sink in water?
    Sink
  • What is the property of a rubber band?
    Elastic
  • Metals are _____ and _____
    Strong and hard
  • T or F: solids have a fixed shape and volume
    True
  • Name water as a liquid, solid and gas
    Rain, ice cube, vapour
  • What is used to measure mass?
    A scale
  • How is glass made?
    By heating sand to a very high temperature until it melts
  • Name three objects attracted by a magnet
    Paperclip, scissors, coin, etc
  • The amount of space an object occupies is called?
    Volume