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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a natural material?
kevlar
polyester
wood
plastic
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a synthetic material?
cotton
petroleum oil
leather
nylon
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be a good question to answer in seeing how your synthetic material impacts society?
Are the natural resources used renewable or nonrenewable?
What are the impacts of harvesting, mining, or collecting the natural resources?
What are the impacts of producing the final product?
All of the above.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why might it be useful for scientists to synthesize a compound that can be found in nature?
If harvesting the item from nature is too expensive or over-harvesting could damage the environment or destroy habitat, it might be better to synthesize the compound.
If you find it more fun to produce a synthetic material than a natural material.
If there is too much natural resources it may be useful to produce a synthetic material.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Can synthetic materials be renewable?
yes
no
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False. Natural resources must come from either plants, animals, or the earth.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which word is a synonym for synthetic?
real
artificial
natural
true
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which is a natural material?
plastic
nylon
syngas
cotton
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or False: Synthetic materials are never made from natural resources
True
False
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