#036 C4U - Synthetic vs. Natural Products - P1

What is the difference between natural and synthetic materials?

• Natural material is made from chemicals and synthetic is made from nature

• Natural material is made directly from nature and synthetic material is made from chemicals

• Natural material is made from petroleum and synthetic material is made from wool

• Natural material is made from trees and synthetic materials are made from plastics

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What is an example of a natural material?

• kevlar

• polyester

• wood

• plastic

What is an example of a synthetic material?

• cotton

• petroleum oil

• leather

• nylon

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following would be a good question to answer in seeing how your synthetic material impacts society?

• Are the natural resources used renewable or nonrenewable?

• What are the impacts of harvesting, mining, or collecting the natural resources?

• What are the impacts of producing the final product?

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Why might it be useful for scientists to synthesize a compound that can be found in nature?

• If harvesting the item from nature is too expensive or over-harvesting could damage the environment or destroy habitat, it might be better to synthesize the compound.

• If you find it more fun to produce a synthetic material than a natural material.

• If there is too much natural resources it may be useful to produce a synthetic material.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Can synthetic materials be renewable?

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

True or False. Natural resources must come from either plants, animals, or the earth.

• True

• False

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NGSS.5-LS1-1

Which word is a synonym for synthetic?

• real

• artificial

• natural

• true

Which is a natural material?

• plastic

• nylon

• syngas

• cotton

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

True or False: Synthetic materials are never made from natural resources

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3