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1. WHAT IS MATTER?
All the objects you see around you are made of matter. Everything is made of matter.
A jumper, a table or a pen… are different because they are made from different types
of material. A jumper is made of wool, a table made of wood and a pen made of plastic.
Every type of material that is used to make an object is called material.
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- Plant origin: From plants, we get wood (for making furniture and houses)
and cotton (for making clothes)
wood cotton
- Mineral origin: From rocks, we get marble and granite for building, and
coal for producing heat.
PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS.
Every material has specific properties that are different from the properties of other
materials.
1. ODOUR. We perceive this property with the sense of smell. Some substances like
water are odourless (they have no smell)
2. STATE: Materials can be in a solid state (like wood), in a liquid state (like milk) and in
a gaseous state (like air). In nature, water can be in the three different states.
5. TEXTURE: This is the texture we perceive with the sense of touch. Glass is smooth,
granite is rough, silk is soft…
PLASTIC. It is an artificial material obtained from oil and can substitute many other
materials. We use plastic to make : ____________________________________
METAL: There are many metals, their use depends on their properties. We specially use
iron, aluminum, gold and silver.
They are very important because they allow us to transport electricity, construct
buildings and make cars.
WOOD: Wood is obtained from trees. It is used in all kinds of construction, especially
for building homes and furniture. The properties of wood, like hardness and colour,
depend on the tree it comes from. It is also used to make paper.
The needle on the scales on the scales shows the weight of the
apples.
2º: Then immerse the object we want to measure and note the new level of the water.
3º: Finally, subtract the second measurement from the first and the result will give
you the volume of the object.