A miracle material guided reading

What are polymers?

• Monomers clustered together in a chain.

• natural or synthetic material formed by molecules linked together.

• giant molecules linked together in a chain

• circles that are put together

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What is a way to reduce your use of plastics?

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Why is plastic a miracle material? What makes it important?

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What is an example of plastic

• Bark from a tree

• Coffee cup

• toothbrush

• cast iron pan

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What does polyethylene means?

• Common plastic used mostly for packaging

• substance that is transparent and see-through

• a product that hasn't been used before

• can be hard, soft, or colorful

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What is a thermoplastic?

• the first plastic ever

• plastic that can be reheated and re-molded continuously

• plastic that can't be reheated

• plastic that can be molded once.

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How do you use plastic at home? What are some examples?

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True or False:

Plastic is made from fossil fuels

• True

• False

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What have you learned so far?

What does pollution mean? pg.24

• putting trash into the trash cans

• leaving trash in the recycle bins

• contamination of the Earth's water, air, and land