Synthetic versus natural materials

You can make synthetic products from these things...

• Plant based resources

• Animal based resources

• Petroleum based resources

• All of the above

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What is a synthetic resource?

• a resource made by humans from natural materials

• naturals resources such as trees and water

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What is the difference between natural and synthetic resources?

• Natural are man-made, synthetic are found in nature

• Natural occur in nature, synthetic are man-made

• There is no difference

• We don't use natural resources but we use synthetic resources

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What is the difference between natural and synthetic materials?

• Natural material is made from chemicals and synthetic is made from nature

• Natural material is made directly from nature and synthetic material is made from chemicals

• Natural material is made from petroleum and synthetic material is made from wool

• Natural material is made from trees and synthetic materials are made from plastics

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What is an example of a natural material?

• kevlar

• polyester

• wood

• plastic

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What is an example of a synthetic material?

• cotton

• petroleum oil

• leather

• nylon

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True or False. Natural resources must come from either plants, animals, or the earth.

• True

• False

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True or False: Synthetic materials are never made from natural resources

• True

• False

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Which is a natural material?

• plastic

• nylon

• syngas

• cotton

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Crude oil is used to make different kinds of plastics including PVC, vinyl and styrofoam.

• true

• false

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