Powers Assessment PS1-3

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1. Synthetic materials are

• Made from natural resources that undergo a chemical process
• Produced naturally from the Earth
• Good for the environment
• Bad for humans

2. Which list shows natural resources?

• rocks, plastic, seeds, and nylon
• Oil, coal, natural gas, and pennies
• Soil, eggs, air, and sunlight
• Plastic bags, glass, a table, and television

3. A renewable resource

• Takes at least 1000 years to replace
• Has a negative impact on the environment
• Do not really exist
• Can be replenished through natural processes in enough time to meet the need

4. A vaccine is an example of a

• Natural resource
• Synthetic resource
• Neither one

5. Single-use plastic

• Does not easily decompose
• Leads to microplastic polluting our oceans
• Can be reduced by using reusable bags and bottles
• Is a synthetic resource
• All of the above.

6. An example of a single-use plastic that is important and useful is

• Plastic water bottles
• Plastic shopping bags
• Plastic containers for take out food
• Surgical gloves

7. These are synthetic resources

• wood, dirt, goats, eggs
• Juice, apples, cotton, silk
• Steel, pencils, cough medicine