Materials Year 2

What is an object?

• Something that can be seen, tasted, touched, smelt or heard.

• A material.

• What something is made from

What is Charles Macintosh most famous for?

• Developing waterproof clothing.

• For inventing the modern road surface.

• For inventing pneumatic tyres.

Can the shapes of solid objects be changed by squashing, bending, twisting and stretching?

• No, solid objects cant change shape.

• The shapes of some objects might change when you squish, bend, twist or stretch them. It depends on the materials properties.

• Yes, all solid objects can change shape.

What is John McAdam famous for?

• Inventing the modern day road.

• Inventing waterproof clothing.

• Inventing pneumatic tyres.

Glass is

• not man-made.

• opaque, rough and bumpy.

• transparent, strong and druable.

Rock is

• transparent and delicate.

• shiny and fragile.

• strong, rigid and long-lasting.

Who invented pneumatic tyres?

What is a material?

• An object.

• A substance used to make things.

• Something that can only make one thing.