Synthetic vs Natural
What are synthetic materials:
Any manmade material made by natural resources
Give 2 examples of synthetic materials:
Manmade rubber and polyester
What are natural resources:
Materials like water, forests, minerals, and fertile lands that happen in nature
Give 2 examples of natural resources:
Air and wood
What is a polymer?
A polymer is made up of a lot of molecules put together forming chains
Give 2 examples of synthetic polymers and the natural resources they come from:
Synthetic Polymer #1
Fabrics like polyester
What natural resources does this come from?
Cotton
What would we use this synthetic material for?
Wearing clothes
Synthetic Polymer #2
Plastic
What natural resources does this come from?
Coal, gas
What would we use this synthetic material for?
Drinking water, store food
Chemical Reactions
How do natural resources go through a chemical reaction to become synthetic materials?
Because synthetic materials are polymers, natural resources go through polymerization in which includes the chemically bonding monomers and makes synthetic materials
What is a monomer?
A molecule that can be bonded with another that is the same.
What is polymerizaton
It’s a process of chemically bonding monomers to make polymers.
Resources:
Knowledge & dictionary