Natural Resources & Synthetic Materials

You can make synthetic products from these things...

• Plant based resources

• Animal based resources

• Petroleum based resources

• All of the above

Which is an example of a natural resource?

• pencils

• paper

• books

• trees

Man made materials and substances that do not exist naturally in the environment are known as:

• nonrenewable products

• synthetic products

• systematic products

• none of these answers are correct

What are some advantages of synthetic materials?

• Cheaper to manufacture

• Stronger than similar products made from natural material

• Often better quality

• All of the above

What is the difference between a natural and synthetic material?

• 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

Naturally occurring materials that the Earth provides such as coal, fertile land, etc., that can be used by man to help us live.

• Unobtanium mined from the moon Pandora

• The Metal Alloy Adamantium

• Natural Resources

• Ahunkajunk

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A common synthetic material that is found almost everywhere is ________.

• Coal
• Lumber
• Plastic
• Aerogel

Natural resources are?

• Resources that exist within the environment without humans having to intervene, or put them there.

• Resources that exist within the environment through due to human actions.

• Organic substrates found deep within the earth's lithosphere

A synthetic material begins with_____________________chemically changed to produce a material with different characteristics.

• renewable resources

• naturals resources

• coal

• plastics