Natural vs Synthetic

Imagine Daniel, Evelyn, and Luna are on a quest to find natural materials. They come across four items: plastic, nylon, syngas, and cotton. Which one of these is a natural material they can use?

• plastic

• nylon

• syngas

• cotton

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Elijah, Abigail, and Daniel are on a treasure hunt! They stumble upon a chest filled with different items. Which item among these would be considered a natural resource?

• A fancy shirt that Daniel found

• A bundle of cotton that Abigail picked up

• A roll of nylon that Elijah discovered

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Abigail, Aiden, and Liam are having a debate. They are trying to decide which type of sweetener is better. What type of sweetener do you think they should choose?

• Natural

• Synthetic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Mia, Emma, and Benjamin are in a science lab, experimenting with different chemicals. Can you guess what type of products they are creating?

• real

• natural

• synthetic

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which type of material is this?

• Synthetic

• Natural

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Is this table natural or synthetic?

• natural

• synthetic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Plastics are made from natural materials such as cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt and crude oil through something called a polymerisation process. This tells us that plastics are:

• toxic

• synthetic materials

• natural resources

• safe

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which answer choice best defines a synthetic material?

• Synthetic materials occur naturally in the world.

• Synthetic materials are nonrenewable resources.

• Synthetic materials do not naturally occur in the world, but are man-made and can be created through chemical reactions.

• Synthetic materials are renewable resources.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

True or False: The good news about synthetic materials, like plastic, is that we can always make more, no matter how much we need.

• True. We can make as many synthetic materials and natural resources as we need.

• False. We cannot make more synthetic materials.

• True. We can make as many plastics as we need with the power of chemical reactions.

• False. Even though we can make more synthetic materials like plastic, they are made from natural resources which sometimes take a long time for the Earth to make more of.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following is a natural material?

• Polyester

• Silk

• Nylon

• Acrylic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3