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Natural and Made Materials — Answers

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Natural and Made Materials — Answers

Part A: Where do materials come from?

Read the box. Then circle the best answer.

Natural materials come from plants, animals or the ground.

Wood comes from trees. Wool comes from sheep. Cotton comes from a plant. Stone comes from the ground.

Made materials are made by people. Plastic, glass and paper are made materials. People make paper from wood.

1.Where does wood come from?
  1. Arocks
  2. Btrees
  3. Csheep
  4. Dthe sea

Answer: trees

Wood comes from trees. It is a natural material.

2.Where does wool come from?
  1. Asheep
  2. Btrees
  3. Crocks
  4. Dplastic

Answer: sheep

Wool is the soft hair cut from sheep. It is a natural material.

3.Which material is made by people?
  1. Astone
  2. Bwool
  3. Cplastic
  4. Dwood

Answer: plastic

Plastic is made in factories. You cannot find plastic growing in nature.

4.A window is made of glass. Is glass natural or made?
  1. Anatural
  2. Bmade

Answer: made

People make glass by heating sand until it melts.

Part B: Match and fill

5.Match each material to where it comes from.
  • wood
  • wool
  • cotton
  • stone
  • a plant
  • a tree
  • the ground
  • a sheep

Answer: wood → a tree; wool → a sheep; cotton → a plant; stone → the ground

6.Plastic is a (answer space) material.

Answer: made

People make plastic. It does not come straight from nature.

Part C: True or false?

Write True or False.

7.A wooden spoon is made from a natural material.

Answer: True

Wood comes from trees, so it is natural.

8.Plastic grows on trees.

Answer: False

Plastic is made by people in factories.

Part D: Working scientifically: material hunt

Look around your home with a grown-up. Find things made of different materials.

9.Find one thing made of a natural material. What is it made of?

Model answer: Any correct example, e.g. a wooden chair (wood), a wool hat (wool), a cotton shirt (cotton).

10.Find one thing made of a made material. What is it made of?

Model answer: Any correct example, e.g. a cup (plastic), a jar (glass), a book (paper).

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