Material
The word to know.
Whatever substance a thing was created out of. The notebook is the object; paper is the material.
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Materials Around Us — Class 6 Science — Curiosity
English 4 topics 116 leveled MCQs 60 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Everyday materials
A list you already own.
Paper, wood, cloth, glass, metal, plastic, clay. You handled most of them today.
Objects mix materials
Rarely just one.
A pen is plastic, metal and ink together, each part chosen for what it can do.
Lustre
The shine on a surface.
A surface that shines is described as having a lustrous appearance.
Who has lustre
Usually, not always.
Materials with lustre are usually metals: iron, copper, zinc, aluminium, gold.
Why a metal looks dull
It can fade.
Air and moisture dull the surface, so the lustre often shows only where it is freshly cut.
📖 Smart notes
What you'll study, topic by topic
1
Objects, Materials and Grouping
Every object you can name was made out of something, and that something is its material. Sorting materials by what they are like is not tidying up. It is how patterns get noticed.
- Whatever substance a thing has been created out of is called its material.
- Paper, wood, cloth, glass, metal, plastic and clay are all materials.
- One object can be made from more than one material at the same time.
~28 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Lustre, Hardness and Seeing Through
Three properties that sort almost anything: whether it shines, whether it gives way under pressure, and how much light gets through it. Two of the three come with a warning attached.
- A material whose surface shines is described as having a lustrous appearance.
- Materials with lustre are usually metals, such as iron, copper, zinc, aluminium and gold.
- Air and moisture can leave a metal dull, so lustre often shows only on a freshly cut surface.
~32 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Soluble or Not
Stir five things into five glasses of water and two of them vanish. That vanishing has a name, it applies to liquids and gases as well as solids, and a great deal depends on it.
- Materials that disappear completely when stirred into water are said to dissolve in it.
- Such materials are described as soluble in water. Sugar and salt are examples.
- Materials that do not mix and stay visible after long stirring are insoluble in water.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
4
Mass, Volume and Matter
Lustre, hardness and the rest belong to some materials only. Two properties belong to all of them, and anything that has both has earned a name of its own: matter.
- Whether an object is heavier or lighter is measured by a property called mass.
- A heavier object has more mass and a lighter one has less mass.
- Mass is measured in gram, symbol g, and kilogram, symbol kg.
~32 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
❓ Leveled MCQ practice
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116 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Whatever substance a thing has been created out of is called:
Beginner
A a material
B a property
C a pattern
D a group
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a material
The word answers what a thing is made of.
Which of these is a material rather than an object?
Beginner
A A tumbler
B Glass
C A bangle
D A notebook
Show answer & explanation
Glass
The other three are things made out of materials.
Fill in the blank. A chair is the object and wood may be its ______.
Beginner
A volume
B shape
C material
D colour
Show answer & explanation
material
Two different questions about one thing.
A pen is best described as being made of:
Beginner
A no material of any kind in it at all
B plastic only
C metal only
D plastic, metal and ink together
Show answer & explanation
plastic, metal and ink together
Each part was chosen for what that material can do.
🃏 Flashcards
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60 flashcards in this kit — the app reviews them with spaced repetition so the right card returns on the right day.
🎮 Learning games
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Categorization
Memory Match
Fact Or Myth
Sequence Builder
Speed Quiz
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