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Materials and Machines

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tick the material used to make this object

a)

paper

b)

leather

c)

plastic

d)

iron

2.

Tick the material used to make this object

a)

wool

b)

leather

c)

plastic

d)

wood

3.

Tick the material used to make this object

a)

wool

b)

leather

c)

plastic

d)

wood

4.

Tick the material used to make this object

a)

silk

b)

glass

c)

petroleum

d)

wood

5.

Tick the material used to make this object

a)

silk

b)

glass

c)

petroleum

d)

plastic

6.

What is the raw material for plastic?

a)

silk

b)

petroleum

c)

metal

d)

iron

7.

What is the raw material for paper?

a)

rock

b)

cotton

c)

metal

d)

wood

8.

What is the raw material for iron?

a)

petroleum

b)

cotton

c)

minerals

d)

wool

9.

what are examples of natural materials?

a)

silk

b)

cotton

c)

glass

d)

paper

10.

what are examples of man-made materials?

a)

aluminium

b)

wool

c)

leather

d)

ceramic

11.

what are examples of man-made materials?

a)

gold

b)

plastics

c)

iron

d)

wool

12.

Tick the true sentences

a)

A pulley makes it difficult to lift heavy objects.

b)

A wheel rotates around a pivot point.

13.

Tick the true sentences

a)

A pulley rotates around an axle.

b)

A ramp is a rigid bar

14.

Inventions for transport

a)

car

b)

bus

c)

television

d)

airplane

15.

Invention for communication

a)

The printing press

b)

radio

c)

motorbike

d)

telephone

16.

Inventions for home

a)

refrigerator

b)

steam machine

c)

vacuum cleaner

d)

washing machine

17.

Inventions using the wheel

a)

watermill

b)

computer

c)

potter´s wheel

d)

telephone

18.

Choose the type of energy these machines use

a)

energy from people

b)

electrical energy

c)

energy from fuel

d)

energy from water

19.

Choose the type of energy these machines use

a)

energy from people

b)

electrical energy

c)

energy from fuel

d)

energy from water

20.

Choose the type of energy these machines use

a)

energy from people

b)

electrical energy

c)

energy from fuel

d)

energy from water

21.

Choose the type of energy these machines use

a)

energy from people

b)

electrical energy

c)

energy from fuel

d)

energy from water

22.

Choose the type of energy these machines use

a)

energy from fuel

b)

electrical energy

c)

energy from wind

d)

energy from people

23.

tick the complex machines

a)
b)
c)
d)
24.

A pulley is a ...

a)

simple machine

b)

complex machine

25.

all machines need…

a)

motor

b)

gear

c)

electricity

d)

energy

26.

The printing press, the plane or the watermill are...

a)

motors

b)

means of transport

c)

inventions

d)

food

27.

A car is a complex machine because…

a)

it needs petrol to function

b)

it is made up of many operating parts

c)

it is used to travel.

d)

It is an invention

28.

An inclined plane might be used to…

a)

enter a building in a wheelchair.

b)

transport products over long distances.

c)

apply force when cracking a nut.

29.

bicycle is a...

a)

complex machine

b)

simple machine

30.

The pedals of a bicycle are...

a)

pulleys

b)

levers

c)

ramps

d)

rigid bars