2. He is in charge of special effects and knew that this would make the fruit very _____________. The banana is supposed to practically explode when dropped.
A. alloy
B. thick
C. tensile
D. brittle
E. shear

3. Aurélie ________ her back while playing rugby.
 
A. strained
B. ductiled
C. cored
D. etched
E. dipped

4. Bronze is ___________ of copper and tin that is harder than the either of the two metals alone.

A. an alloy
B. a thick
C. a tensile
D. a brittle
E. a shear

5.  The _______ of an apple is what remains after you eat one and contains the seeds. To _______ something is to remove a cylindrical sample from the interior .

A. strain
B. ductile
C. core
D. etch
E. dip

                       
6.  To ___________ a sheep is to remove all its coat. In physics ______ strain is a deformation usually causing a rupture or break in the material.

A. alloy
B. thick
C. tensile
D. brittle
E. shear

7. On a wax coated silver plate, Xavier scraped an intricate pattern with an awl before ________ the exposed metal surface with acid.
.
A. straining
B. ductiling
C. coring
D. etching
E. dipping

8. By the way the opposite of brittle is _________

A. strain
B. ductile
C. core
D. etch
E. dip

9. If you can reduce the ____________ you generally lighten the object.
A. alloyness
B. thickness
C. tensileness
D. brittleness
E. shearness

10. This is almost always accomplished by increasing the ___________ strength..
A. alloy
B. thick
C. tensile
D. brittle
E. shear