Answer Sheet: Science Assessment Year 1
Everyday Materials
question answer marks notes
1. Join the material to an item that can be made from the material and then to its properties.
gets hot easily,
metal table
easy to clean
transparent and
fabric t-shirt
waterproof
plastic toy bricks soft and stretchy
10 1 mark for every correct answer
wood window hard and strong
strong, can be
glass pan chopped into
different shapes
2. Which material would be suitable for a towel?
fabric
Choose from the following options:
soft 1 mark for correct material
3
stretchy 1 mark for each correct property
absorbent
Accept other suitable answers.
3. Tick three materials that would be most suitable for making a spoon:
wood
plastic 3 1 mark for each correct answer
metal
4. Sort these objects into natural and humanly-constructed. Draw lines from the objects to the words natural
and humanly-constructed.
natural humanly constructed
sand plastic bottle
log brick
cotton paper 8 1 mark for each correct answer
metal ring
chalk
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5. Sort these objects into the correct bins.
plastic glass fabric ceramic metal
paper and card bin - newspaper and book
glass bin – glass and jam jar
plastic bin - plastic bottle and milk bottle
8 1 mark for each correct answer
can bin – tin of baked beans and can of fizzy
drink
6. Tick three materials that would be most suitable for making a spoon:
plastic
glass 3 1 mark for each correct answer
metal
7. Circle the three items that can be stretched:
chewing gum
elastic band 3 1 mark for each correct answer
spring
8. These shoes are made out of leather.
Give two reasons why leather is a good material for making shoes:
Choose from the following options:
waterproof
flexible
bendy 2 1 mark for each correct answer
sturdy
strong
Accept other suitable answers.
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