Materials and Forces in design

Match the following pictures to the force or forces that makes them MOVE.

• Magnetic force

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• Push

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• Pull and push

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• gravity

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You wouldn't use a plastic towel because...

• It would be too bendy

• It wouldn’t be absorbent

• It wouldn’t conduct heat

You wouldn't sit on a glass chair because...

• It might shatter

• It would be transparent

• It wouldn’t be absorbent

Why is metal used to make nails?

• Because it rusts

• Because it is shiny

• Because it does not bend easily

Why is wood used to make matches?

• Because it floats

• Because it rots

• Because it burns

Match the picture with the properties of materials

• flexible

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• transparent

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• durable

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• waterproof

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• brittle

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