Natural vs Synthetic Materials

What is the difference between a natural and synthetic material?

• 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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What is a synthetic material?

• Any material that is man made

• Any material that is only made from natural resources

• Any material that is made of recycled materials

• Any material that is found in nature.

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A _____________________ is a natural resource that we can replace faster than we use it up.

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• synthetic material

• made made product

Which word is a synonym for synthetic?

• real

• artificial

• natural

• true

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Which of the following is an example of a natural material?

• plastic

• nylon

• syngas

• cotton

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

• True

• False

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things, materials, substances and components found in the natural environment

• synthetic materials

• natural resources

• artifical resources

• pure resourses

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man made materials and substances that do not exist naturally in the environment

• nonrenewable products

• synthetic products

• systematic products

• none of the above

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An example of a synthetic material is _____________.

• plastic

• organic cotton

• coal

• silk

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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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