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Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Materials - Which Will Be Best? (Questions)

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You have investigated materials. In your investigations you have done simple experiments and found out different properties. In this quiz you have to choose which you think will be the best material. Each question asks you to choose between four different materials. Each question is about a simple property of materials - hardness, softness, strength, bendiness, and so on. Can you choose the best material? Which has the best property for the job? How many can you get right?

Ten children want to find out about materials. Can you answer their questions?

Sarah asks, ‘Which one of these is the hardest material?’

[ ]	Steel
[ ]	Butter
[ ]	Bread
[ ]	Wood

Leo asks, ‘Which one of these is the softest material?’

[ ]	Feathers
[ ]	Rock
[ ]	Cardboard
[ ]	Card

Toni asks, ‘Which one of these is the strongest material?’

[ ]	Clay
[ ]	Brick
[ ]	Iron
[ ]	Paper

Emma asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the most transparent?’

[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Glass
[ ]	Jelly
[ ]	Cola

Freddie asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the smoothest?’

[ ]	Wood in a door
[ ]	Glass in a mirror
[ ]	A concrete path
[ ]	A brick wall

Abby asks, ‘Which one of these is the bendiest?’

[ ]	Plastic Ruler
[ ]	Wooden Pencil
[ ]	Metal Slinky Spring
[ ]	Wooden Cricket Bat

Adil asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the stretchiest?’

[ ]	Wood
[ ]	Rubber
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Cotton

Annie-Lee asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the shiniest?’

[ ]	Gold
[ ]	Clay
[ ]	Iron
[ ]	Concrete

Liam asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the roughest?’

[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Cardboard
[ ]	Wool
[ ]	Concrete

10.

Ellie asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the weakest?’

[ ]	Soggy paper
[ ]	Dry paper
[ ]	Wool
[ ]	Cotton

Science: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Materials - Which Will Be Best? (Answers)

Sarah asks, ‘Which one of these is the hardest material?’

[x]	Steel
[ ]	Butter
[ ]	Bread
[ ]	Wood

Steel is a metal. It is made from iron

Leo asks, ‘Which one of these is the softest material?’

[x]	Feathers
[ ]	Rock
[ ]	Cardboard
[ ]	Card

Pillows used to be filled with feathers because they were soft

Toni asks, ‘Which one of these is the strongest material?’

[ ]	Clay
[ ]	Brick
[x]	Iron
[ ]	Paper

Bricks are strong, but iron is stronger

Emma asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the most transparent?’

[ ]	Paper
[x]	Glass
[ ]	Jelly
[ ]	Cola

Some glass is colored. But clear glass is always transparent

Freddie asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the smoothest?’

[ ]	Wood in a door
[x]	Glass in a mirror
[ ]	A concrete path
[ ]	A brick wall

Mirrors are smooth so that you can see a clear image

Abby asks, ‘Which one of these is the bendiest?’

[ ]	Plastic Ruler
[ ]	Wooden Pencil
[x]	Metal Slinky Spring
[ ]	Wooden Cricket Bat

The Slinky Spring is the most flexible

Adil asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the stretchiest?’

[ ]	Wood
[x]	Rubber
[ ]	Plastic
[ ]	Cotton

Rubber is the most elastic

Annie-Lee asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the shiniest?’

[x]	Gold
[ ]	Clay
[ ]	Iron
[ ]	Concrete

Gold is shiny. It is used for rings and jewelry

Liam asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the roughest?’

[ ]	Paper
[ ]	Cardboard
[ ]	Wool
[x]	Concrete

Even smooth concrete is rough compared to cardboard

10.

Ellie asks, ‘Which one of these materials is the weakest?’

[x]	Soggy paper
[ ]	Dry paper
[ ]	Wool
[ ]	Cotton

Cotton is very thin, but it is really quite strong