Synthetic Technology

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Material Noun

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Material

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The matter from which a thing is or can be made, possessing distinct physical and chemical characteristics.

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Example: Plastic bottles and yarn show synthetic materials used in technology.

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Properties Noun

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Properties

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The characteristic physical and chemical qualities of a substance that can be observed or measured to identify it.

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Example: Lists different physical properties like mass and conductivity, but doesn't explain each one.

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Natural Material Noun

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Natural Material

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Any substance obtained from plants, animals, or the ground that has undergone very little human modification or processing.

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Example: Natural materials like wood, rock, and plants come directly from nature with little processing.

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Synthetic Material Noun

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Synthetic Material

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A material made by humans through a chemical process, transforming natural resources into a substance with different properties.

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Example: Monomers are linked together to form polymers, which are used to make synthetic materials.

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Chemical Reaction Noun

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Chemical Reaction

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A process where atoms of reactants rearrange to form new substances with different properties by breaking and forming bonds.

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Example: This image shows how atoms in molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction to form new substances.

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Reactants Noun

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Reactants

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The initial substances that enter into and are altered during a chemical reaction to form new products.

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Example: Methane (CH4) and oxygen (O2) are reactants that change into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) in a chemical reaction.

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Products Noun

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Products

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The new substances that are created as a result of the atomic rearrangement during a chemical reaction.

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Example: The image shows hydrogen and oxygen forming water, illustrating products of a chemical reaction.

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Monomer Noun

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Monomer

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A small, simple molecule that can chemically bond in repeating units to form a much larger molecule, or polymer.

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Example: Glucose is a monomer that can join to form starch, a polymer.

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Polymer Noun

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Polymer

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A large, chain-like molecule composed of many smaller, repeating structural units called monomers chemically bonded together.

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Example: Monomers are small units that join to form a polymer chain, like beads on a string.

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Polymerization Noun

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Polymerization

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The chemical process where small monomer molecules join together in a chain to form a large polymer molecule.

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Example: Monomers join together to form a polymer chain.