How Materials are Obtained

Very few of the materials that we use in everyday life are found as we need them. We need to obtain and process these materials in order to be able to use them. Many materials, such as coal, oil, and gas come from the sky surface River Thames ground magicians hat . However most of the materials we use are made up from a combination of different materials. For example, paper is made from oil trees silicon rocks which are mashed up to a pulp and then rolled into thin sheets and left to dry. Iron comes from clay chalk iron ore the sea bed , and it is iron that is used to make plastic china glass steel . Many other metals come from the ground. Aluminium is produced from a material called copper lead bauxite . Slate is found in Wales, where it is cut from the side of mountains, in a process called brewing open cast mining shaving sawing .Other materials that are mined from the ground includetinleadplasticdiamondsleather and gold.

A good example of a place where many different materials are used is a house. The bricks are made from wood plastic steel clay plants which is obtained from the sky surface River Thames ground magicians hat . The glass for the windows is made mainly from chalk clay sand tin and carbon wood limestone paint which are heated and rolled out into sheets. The pipes for the water are made from tin brass copper zinc because it is a good conductor. This is obtained by heating up iron mining welding dredging the sea bed . The carpets are made from paper wool leaves tinsel which comes from the ground chickens sheep plants trees and the curtains are made of sponge cork cotton rubber which comes from trees the atmosphere plants the ground sheep . The door and window frames on old houses are made from iron plastic wood glass which comes from the ground the sea the magicians hat trees . On newer houses, however, they are made from iron glass polystyrene plastic cardboard which is made from wood oil plants animal bones stone .