This is the name for a molecule that contains hydrogen and carbon. Sometimes it will also contain oxygen and nitrogen.
What is an organic compound?
100
The small units linked together to build a polymer.
What is a monomer?
100
This is the polymer that makes up plastic products.
What is polyethylene?
100
The purpose for the plastics lab.
What is to determine which plastic polymer is the most puncture resistant?
100
This is where polyacrylate can be found.
What is baby diapers?
200
The number of valence electrons that carbon has that can participate in single, double or triple bonds.
What is 4?
200
DNA, carbohydrates, and proteins are examples of this class of polymers.
What are natural polymers?
200
This is what HDPE stands for.
What is high-density polyethylene?
200
The independent variable for the experiment.
What is the type of plastic used?
200
Draw a molecule (with 2 Carbons and an unspecified number of Hydrogens) that includes a triple bond.
(C2H2).... 2 carbons have 3 lines (bonds) in between them
300
The three different natural forms of carbon.
What are diamond, graphite, and bucky balls?
300
True or false. More than one type of monomer can be present in some polymers.
What is true?
300
This type of polyethylene makes up dry-cleaning bags, sandwich bags, etc.
What is LDPE?
300
3 controlled variables for the experiment.
What is size of plastic, temperature of room, wear and tear of plastic, same TBB used, same J-2011, etc.
300
2 molecules have the same chemical formula (number and type of atoms), but different structures. They are known as ____________ of one another.
What are isomers?
400
This type of hydrocarbon has at least one double or triple bond.
What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?
400
Name 3 polymers that can be synthesized (man-made).
What is plastic, nylon, rubber, polyacrylate, polysterene, chewing gum/
400
Soda bottles and caps are "stronger" plastics because their chemical structure for the polymer can be described as this. (Choices: linear, branched, or cross-linked)
What is cross-linked?
400
The average of 20 g and 30 g.
What is 25 g?
400
Hydrogens are carbons within a hydrocarbon are bonded together using this type of bond.
Choices: ionic bond, covalent bond, metallic bond.
What are covalent bonds?
500
Draw a branched chain example of hexane (6 carbons)
ANSWERS WILL VARY.
500
This determines the overall function of a polymer.
What is its chemical structure?
500
The longer and straighter the polymer, the ____________ the polymer is.
Choices: stronger or weaker
What is stronger?
500
Testing the amount of force a material can withstand before breaking is referred to as this.
What is tensile strength?
500
This is the nickname for Polyacrylate (from your Amazing Story reading)