Synthetic Materials-Beat the Teacher

Plastics are made from ___________ ________ like crude oil or fracked natural gas.

• fossil watches

• funny fuels

• farming fuels

• fossil fuels

The largest cause of marine plastic waste is what?

• Mismanaged waste

• Litter

• Dumping

• Storm drains

The ultimate goal with the plastic problem is to create a sustainable, circular economy that works for both  _____________ and the ____________ .

• Earthlings / Martians

• people / planet

• city dweller / farmer

• Avengers / Justice League

Most plastics do not decompose and those that do breakdown into __________________ and could end inside humans that consume _____________  .

• microplastics / fish

• baby plastic / zooplankton

• powder / fish

• zooplankton / microplastics

For this question, you must SELECT 3 answers:

What are three (3) practices that can help lead to zero waste collection?

• Reuse/Repair

• Resell/Buy Again

• Recycling

• Slash and Burn

• Composting

The world is polluted with _______________________________ of plastics each year.

• a few pounds

• 5 million pounds

• billions of pounds

• other planets waste

Which is NOT a  property of synthetic materials that helps our society function better?

• Weak Composition

• Flexible/Stretchy

• Long-lasting

• Good Strength

Systemic change in the current plastic problem will only occur when _________________________________  .

• there is policy change

• we have enough money to ship it somewhere else

• Elon Musk sends it into outer space with one of his rockets

• robots take over all of the jobs nobody wants

When natural resources combine together to make a new synthetic material, a(n) _______________ takes place.

• physical change

• chemical reaction

• alien reaction

• ionic restructuring

Which of the following parts of a house are NOT synthetic? (meaning that are found in nature; select two ( 2) choices)

• foam insulation

• granite counter tops

• vinyl flooring

• copper pipes

• vinyl siding