Obtaining Materials

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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 . However most of the materials we use are made up from a combination of different materials. For example, paper is made from which are mashed up to a pulp and then rolled into thin sheets and left to dry. Iron comes from , and it is iron that is used to make . Many other metals come from the ground. Aluminium is produced from a material called . Slate is found in Wales, where it is cut from the side of mountains, in a process called .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 which is obtained from the . The glass for the windows is made mainly from and which are heated and rolled out into sheets. The pipes for the water are made from because it is a good conductor. This is obtained by . The carpets are made from which comes from and the curtains are made of which comes from . The door and window frames on old houses are made from which comes from . On newer houses, however, they are made from which is made from .

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