NON-­‐LIVING

 THINGS  

Non-­‐living  things  

Wood   Fabric   Glass   Ceramic  

Rubber   Metal   Plas<c  

MATERIALS  (ONCE  ALIVE)  

Wood   Rubber   Fabric  

Comes  from  trees   Comes  from   Comes  from  
latex  of  rubber   plants  –  co^on    
trees   or  from  animals  –  
sheep  (wool)  
 MATERIALS  (NEVER  ALIVE)  
Metal   Glass  
Comes  from  underground   Made  of  silica  (white)  sand  

Plas<c   Ceramic  
Made  of  oil  from   Made  from  clay  
underground  

PROPERTIES  OF  MATERIALS  

ProperIes  of  materials  

Colour   Texture   Hardness   Strength   Magne<c  

Solubility   Floa<ng  /   Flexibility   Transparency   Conduct    

 Sinking   heat  
 Colour   Texture  

•   red   •   pink   How  a  material  looks  or  feels  

•   blue   •   white   to  touch  
•   yellow   •   black  
•   green   •   orange   •   soZ  /  hard  
•   smooth  /  rough  

Hardness   Strength  

How  easily  a  material  can  be   Can  be  pulled  apart  or  
scratched  or  dented   pressed  together  without  
breaking  
Eg.  A  nail  can  scratch  plas<c  
ruler  

Magne<c   Solubility  
Soluble  substance    
(Dissolve  in  water)  
Only  iron  and  steel  a^racted  to   Eg.  Sugar  and  Salt  
magnet  
Insoluble  substance  
(Does  not  dissolve  in  water)  
Eg.  Sand  

Floa<ng  /  Sinking   Flexibility  

•   Floa<ng  
   (Stay  on  top  of  the  water)   Can  be  bent  without  breaking  
   Eg.  Cork,  plas<c  ruler   Eg.  Plas<c  ruler  

•   Sinking  
   (Fall  to  the  bo^om  of  the  water)  
   Eg.  Marble,  nail  
 TRANSPARENCY   CONDUCT  HEAT  
Flow  of  heat  in  solid  
Transparent   Translucent   Opaque  
•   Good  conductor  of  heat  -­‐  Metal  
Allow  most   Allow  some   Does  not  
   Allows  heat  to  pass  through    
light  to  pass   light  to  pass   allow  light  to  
through   through   pass  through  
•   Poor  conductor  of  heat  –  Non-­‐metal  
   Does  not  allows  heat  to  pass  through  

•   Clear  glass   •   Frosted   •   Book  

•   Spectacle   glass   •   Tiles  
lens     •   Tissue    

ENERGY  

•   Heat  energy   •   Movement  energy  

•   Light  energy   •   Stored  energy  

•   Sound  energy   •   Electrical  energy