Worksheets Name
Year 7 Materials and their properties
Class
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Date
Instructor name: Rashid Kusema
1.
What are they made of?
a) Metal and plastic b) Wood and fabric
c) Glass and metal d) Paper and plastic
2.
Describe it!
a) It is smooth, flexible and transparent. b) It is rough, hard and opaque.
c) It is soft and transparent. d) It is smooth, hard and transparent.
3.
Describe it!
a) It is soft, rough and waterproof. b) It is rough and hard.
c) It is hard and smooth. d) It is soft, rough and absorbent.
4.
Describe it!
a) It is flexible and absorbent. b) It is transparent and waterproof.
c) It is rigid and absorbent. d) It is flexible and waterproof.
5. Part of a gemstone's value is based on the way it shines in reflected light. The way a mineral reflects
light is described as the mineral's
a) color b) luster
c) streak d) fracture
6. Which of the following is NOT a property of a mineral?
a) size b) luster
c) hardness d) color
7. What is an insulator?
a) A coat b) Something that allows heat to pass through
c) Something to stop music d) Something that. doesn't allow heat to pass
through it
8. Thermal conductivity is....
a) Something that doesn'treadily allow heat to b) Metals
pass theough
c) How hot certain materials get d) How fast heat passes through something
9. Solid, liquid, and gas
a) Mass b) Properties of Matter
c) States of Matter d) Magnetism
10. Which term describes the ability of a material to be formed into a variety of shapes?
a) Malleability b) Luster
c) Hardness d) Ductility
11. What does NOT occur during a physical change?
a) A change in state of matter b) A change in size or shape
c) A change in appearance d) A change in chemical properties
12. the amount of matter in an object
a) mass b) weight
c) volume d) density
13. the ability of one material to dissolve in another
a) boiling point b) state of matter
c) melting point d) solubility
14. the ability to be drawn out or pulled into wires
a) electrical conductivity b) malleability
c) magnetism d) ductility
15.
When you break a cracker into pieces it is a...
a) Chemical change b) Physical change
16.
Dull, silky, waxy, pearly, and earthy are terms that best describe which property of minerals?
a) cleavage b) luster
c) color d) streak
17.
Characteristics that can be observed or measured.
a) breakage b) luster
c) physical properties d) density
18. I like this wallet. It is made...
a) enormous for me. b) of leather.
c) not functional. d) especially for me.
19.
What is the main property of the scales of fish?
a) smooth b) rough
c) stretchy d) rigid
20.
Which is the main property of plastic straws?
a) absorbent b) see-through
c) rough d) bendy
