Question

Classify materials in two broad categories.

Answer 1

Materials can be classified into major categories as natural materials and synthetic or man-made materials.

Natural material: A product that is made from materials and ingredients found in nature.

Natural materials include stone, untreated wood, cork, paper, reeds, bamboo, canes and grasses as well as all-natural fibres.

Man-made materials: The materials which are synthesized by the effort of humans into laboratories and industries to fulfil their basic needs by the use of chemicals are called man-made materials or simply.

E.g. Chain, table, polymer, plastics, medicines.