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Forces - Changing Shape

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What happens when you apply force to an object? You already know that some materials can change shape but bounce back again - springs, rubber bands and balloons. But other materials stay in their new shape. If you push or pull on dough or modeling clay and change its shape, what happens? It stays in the new shape. You can use force to mold dough and clay. It is good fun. It is also good science.

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1 .

Susan makes pottery. She mixes clay and water. She ______ the clay on a potter’s wheel.

Draws

Paints

Shapes

Drags

The clay can be shaped. The clay is molded. The clay stays in its new shape

2 .

The picture is of a blacksmith making a horse-shoe. The blacksmith makes the horse-shoe from steel.

It is very difficult to change the shape of the steel. The blacksmith has to heat the steel so it is red hot and then hit it with a hammer. This is because steel is a ____ material.

Weak

Hard

Soft

Bendy

What shape is a horse-shoe?

3 .

The man is squashing an empty drinks can. The can changes shape. The can:

Will go back to its original shape

Will stay in its new shape

Will rebound like a rubber ball

Will spring back like a rubber band

This change in shape is permanent

4 .

Ben pushes down on the play dough. What happens?

The play dough changes shape

The play dough melts

The play dough bounces back to its original shape

Nothing happens

What can you make with modeling clay?

5 .

Thin metal can change shape if you push hard enough.

This car has had a bump. Another car bumped into it. The car has a dent. It has changed _____.

Colour

Shape

Size

Weight

It is very hard to repair the dent. It is hard to put it back to the original shape

6 .

This man is making bread. He is working the dough. He pushes and pulls the dough. Every time he does this the dough:

Changes shape

Changes color

Bounces back to its original shape

Gets heavier

Have you ever made bread? Have you ever worked the dough?

7 .

Alice is rolling pastry. When Alice has rolled the pastry, the pastry is _______.

Heavier

Thicker

Colder

Thinner

Do you like rolling pastry?

8 .

Beatrice sits down on a bean bag. The bean bag:

Changes shape

Stays the same shape

Gets much bigger

Gets much smaller

Do you have a bean bag in your house?

9 .

These puppets are made from modeling clay. This shows that modeling clay can be ______.

Melted

Burned

Shaped

Stirred

What is the best thing you have ever made with modeling clay?

10 .

Mike pulls on a rubber band. It stretches and gets longer. What happens when Mike stops pulling?

The rubber band goes back to its original shape

The rubber band stays longer

The rubber band gets even longer

The rubber band changes color

Rubber bands are elastic. They can go back to their original shape and size

Author: David Bland

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