Texture Definition
Texture is how rough or smooth something is. For example, slides are smooth and bricks are rough.
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Classification of Materials
Fun Facts
- A book has a smooth texture.
- A brick has a rough texture.
- Slides need to have a smooth texture for sliding.
Why Do We Need To Know About Texture
Learning about texture is important for making things work well and safely in many jobs. For example, knowing about texture helps make things like toothbrushes and water slides work the way they should.
In jobs like making clothes, building things, and making tools like hammers, knowing about texture is very important. It helps choose the right materials to make clothes comfortable, buildings strong, and tools effective. This shows how texture is important in many areas.
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In this lesson, we learn that:
- A property is a quality or trait of something.
- To classify objects means to group them by their shared properties.
- We can classify objects based on properties like color, texture or hardness.
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