Cheap, easy, durable.
What are Positive Effects?
Example of a Polymer.
plastic, rubber, proteins, DNA, nylon, etc.
The atoms of molecular structure do what during a chemical reaction.
What is rearrangement?
Pollution, waste, non-biodegradable, non-renewable energy.
What are Negative Effects?
Negative effect of fossil fuels.
What is pollution?
Synthetic polymer made from petroleum.
What is Plastic?
The new material formed by a chemical reaction.
What is a Product?
Made by prehistoric dead animals though heat, pressure, and time.
What are Fossil Fuels?
Another word for oil.
What is petroleum?
A thin thread-like material, can be natural or synthetic.
What are Fibers?
What are Reactants?
Made by man from natural resources.
What are Synthetic Materials?
Something produced by nature with a limited supply but unlimited demand are used to make new things.
What are Natural Resources?
An item that does not break down over time.
What is Non-Biodegradable?
The chemical process that links monomers together to make polymers.
What is Polymerization?
Synthetic materials are made by this process.
What are Chemical Reactions?
A natural resource that has not yet been used to be turned into something else.
Long chain of repeating molecules or monomers.
What is a Polymer?
The process where substances change into new substances with different properties.
What is a Chemical Reaction?
Synthetic Materials derive from these.
What are Natural Resources?