KS1 Materials | Describing the Different Properties

Science Quiz - Materials - Properties (Describing) (Questions)

This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with words used to describe the different properties of materials.

You will have looked at different materials in school science lessons. Different materials have different properties. Properties are words that describe what something is like. Is the material rough or smooth, hard or soft? Before we look at using materials, let’s test how many of these words for describing a material's properties you know.

This is a cheese grater. The surface of the cheese grater is _____.

[ ]	Rough
[ ]	Smooth
[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Invisible

The opposite of rough is ______.

[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Lumpy
[ ]	Bumpy
[ ]	Smooth

Steel girders are very ______.

[ ]	Shiny
[ ]	Bendy
[ ]	Strong
[ ]	Soft

There is glass in these windows. You can see through the glass. The glass is ___________.

[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Elastic
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Dull

If you can’t see through something, it is called ______.

[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Opaque
[ ]	Bright
[ ]	Dull

The slinky toy is bendy. Another word for bendy is ________.

[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Runny
[ ]	Opaque
[ ]	Flexible

Mr Smith is polishing his car. It gleams. The surface of the metal is _____.

[ ]	Dull
[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Soft
[ ]	Shiny

This man is carving stone. He uses a hammer and chisel because the rock is very ____.

[ ]	Soft
[ ]	Flexible
[ ]	Pale
[ ]	Hard

The pillow is very comfortable because the pillow is ____.

[ ]	Soft
[ ]	Hard
[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Strong

10.

This catapult is stretchy. Another word for stretchy is _______.

[ ]	Tight
[ ]	Elastic
[ ]	Runny
[ ]	Fluid

Science Quiz - Materials - Properties (Describing) (Answers)

This is a cheese grater. The surface of the cheese grater is _____.

[x]	Rough
[ ]	Smooth
[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Invisible

Be careful using a cheese grater - mind your fingers!

The opposite of rough is ______.

[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Lumpy
[ ]	Bumpy
[x]	Smooth

Babies have very smooth skin

Steel girders are very ______.

[ ]	Shiny
[ ]	Bendy
[x]	Strong
[ ]	Soft

The picture shows the Firth Of Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland

There is glass in these windows. You can see through the glass. The glass is ___________.

[x]	Transparent
[ ]	Elastic
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Dull

You can see through transparent materials

If you can’t see through something, it is called ______.

[ ]	Transparent
[x]	Opaque
[ ]	Bright
[ ]	Dull

It is hard to see through opaque materials

The slinky toy is bendy. Another word for bendy is ________.

[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Runny
[ ]	Opaque
[x]	Flexible

Have you ever played with a slinky toy?

Mr Smith is polishing his car. It gleams. The surface of the metal is _____.

[ ]	Dull
[ ]	Transparent
[ ]	Soft
[x]	Shiny

Have you ever helped to clean the car?

This man is carving stone. He uses a hammer and chisel because the rock is very ____.

[ ]	Soft
[ ]	Flexible
[ ]	Pale
[x]	Hard

Statues are carved from stone

The pillow is very comfortable because the pillow is ____.

[x]	Soft
[ ]	Hard
[ ]	Weak
[ ]	Strong

Is the pillow in your bed comfortable?

10.

This catapult is stretchy. Another word for stretchy is _______.

[ ]	Tight
[x]	Elastic
[ ]	Runny
[ ]	Fluid

Rubber bands are sometimes called elastic bands. Elastic bands are stretchy - they are elastic!