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WorksheetsModifying Materials
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
This sheet steel has been made stronger and more rigid by making it...
Waved
Creased
Folded
Corrugated
Moulded products can be strengthened by adding in...
Pleats
Webbings
Slots
Perforations
What is a composite material?
A material made by sticking layers of material together
A material made by combining to separate materials
A material made by mixing two or more metals together
A material that changes in response to a change in its environment
Connecting 'bosses' can be strengthened using...
Ribs
Ties
Trusses
Skeletons
Varnish wood will make it...
Harder
Stronger
Warmer to the touch
More water resistant
Dip coating a steel product will make it...
Warmer to the touch
Stronger
More resistant to corrosion
Softer
Plasticisers can added to polymers to..
Improve strength
Improve resistance to weathering
Improve mould flow
Reduce manufacturing costs
Steel can be made harder by...
Dip coating
Tempering
Annealing
Quenching
What is an alloy?
A material made by sticking layers of material together
A material made by combining to separate materials
A material made by mixing two or more metals together
A material that changes in response to a change in its environment
Steel can be made softer by...
Dip coating
Tempering
Annealing
Quenching
Steel can be made less brittle by...
Dip coating
Tempering
Annealing
Quenching
What is a laminate materials?
A material made by sticking layers of material together
A material made by combining to separate materials
A material made by mixing two or more metals together
A material that changes in response to a change in its environment
Stabilisers can added to polymers to..
Improve strength
Improve resistance to weathering
Improve mould flow
Reduce manufacturing costs
Fillers can added to polymers to..
Improve strength
Improve resistance to weathering
Improve mould flow
Reduce manufacturing costs
Textiles are often made fire resistant by...
Spraying with a special chemical
Soaking in water for many days
Spraying with petrol
Rubbing with salt
Steaming timber will make it
harder
tougher
stronger
more flexible
Timber can be made stronger by;
Soaking in water
Arranging the grain direction at 90 degrees to the one below
Applying varnish
Steaming
Metals can be made lighter by;
Dip-coating
Annealling
Bubbling gas inot them whilst molten
Qhenching
Thermoset resin can be made into a strong composite by;
adding strands of glass as a reinforcement
Boiling in water
adding carbon fibre strands as a reinforcement
Quenching in oil
