Polymers and Recycling Final

Which below are natural polymers?

• Cellulose

• Nylon

• Silk

• Polyester

Polymers are material made up of repeating units called...?

• monomers

• monochromes

• electrons

• elastomers

The word polymer comes from the Greek meaning...?

• bonded together

• many parts

• together by choice

• twisted

True or False: All polymers are synthetic.

• True

• False

What is the process to make long polymer (plastic) chains?

• Fractional Distillation

• Curing

• Fracking

• Polymerization

What kind of chemical bonds create polymers?

• ionic

• covalent

• hydrogen

• metallic

A polymer made in the laboratory (or industry) usually made from petrochemicals

• nature polymer

• natural polymer

• protein

• synthetic polymer

Which of the following determine the properties of a polymer?

• chemical nature of the monomer

• length of the polymer chain

• how the monomers are joined together

• All of the above

Name the main sources of Polymers

• Crude Oil

• Coal

• Ores

• Natural Gas

Who created the first synthetic polymer?

• Jerry Einstein

• Gerald Rainery

• Sarah Bludgeon

• John Wesley Hyatt