Plastic Tides Lesson 1 Part 2 Vocabulary

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Synthetic

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Any substance made by humans by mixing or reacting natural materials together to form a new material.

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Non Biodegradable

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A substance that cannot be broken down by microorganisms.

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Natural Resource

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A material or substance found in nature and used by humans.

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Structure

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Arrangement of the parts of something, such as the stem of a plant or the atoms of a molecule.

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Extended Structure

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A long chain of, sometimes, thousands of molecules.

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Polymer

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A large molecule made up of repeating units called monomers.

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Biodegradable

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A substance that can be broken down by microorganisms.

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Molecule

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The smallest unit of a chemical compound that retains its chemical properties.

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Polymerization

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The process of rearranging small molecules to form larger repeating chains of molecules.

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Pure Substance

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A substance that has a constant proportion and arrangement of atoms.