Synthetic Materials

The resources that are replaced quickly and do not take thousands of years for the earth to create are called ____________.

• Non-renewable

• Renewable

• Fossils

• Oil

We have figured out that synthetic materials are made from natural resources through the process of ___________ (chemical or physical or both) changes, and the synthetic products both serve a societal need and influence natural resources.

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Wind power is considered

• renewable

• non-renewable

• synthetic

• plastic

The clear, flammable fuel created using corn is called

• petroleum

• ethanol

• gas

• coal

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Non-renewable resources take thousands of years to develop in the earth and include things like, oil, gold and _______________.

• Coal

• Sunlight

• Thermal energy

• Wood

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When natural resources harvested from the earth and then changed chemically by humans these products are considered _____________.

• synthetic

• environmentally safe

• radioactive

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Elements are pure substances made up of only one kind of atom.

• True

• False

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A large problem with synthetic materials is:

• they require chemical reactions

• they are cheap

• they do not easily decompose and therefore cause harm to the environment

• they make human's lives convenient

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What is the difference between natural and synthetic resources?

• Natural are man-made, synthetic are found in nature

• Natural occur in nature, synthetic are man-made

• There is no difference

• We don't use natural resources but we use synthetic resources

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Nylon is a synthetic, plastic polymer made from __________.

• Natural gas

• Coal

• Wood

• Petroleum

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