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Polymers

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A chain of repeating units (called monomers)

a)

monomer

b)

dimer

c)

replicate

d)

polymer

2.
Proteins are composed of what smaller subunits?
a)
amino acids
b)
nucleic acids
c)
fatty acids
d)
nucleotides
3.
Starch is composed of what monomers?
a)
sucrose
b)
glucose
c)
nucleic acids
d)
glycogen
4.

Define polymer

a)

circular molecule made with many repeating units

b)

short molecule made of a few repeating units

c)

long, chain-like molecule made of repeating units

d)

chain-like molecule that contains hydrogen and oxygen

5.

What kind of chemical bonds create polymers?

a)

ionic

b)

covalent

c)

hydrogen

d)

metallic

6.

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

a)

nature polymer

b)

natural polymer

c)

protein

d)

synthetic polymer

7.

Once formed, it can be heated and reformed over and over again

a)

thermoset

b)

thermoplastic

c)

elastomer

d)

kevlar

8.

Nylon is which sort of polymer?

a)

Thermosetting

b)

Elastomer

c)

Ferrous

d)

Thermo plastic

9.

Which type of chain would be found in a thermosetting plastic?

a)

Branched chain

b)

Continuous chain

c)

Cross linked chain

d)

Linear chain

10.

The term polymerisation refers to

a)

The forming of atoms into the monomer.

b)

The length of the polymer chain.

c)

The type of plastic.

d)

The forming of the polymer chain.

11.

What does PVC stand for?

a)

Poly Vinyl Chemical

b)

Poly Vinyl Carbon

c)

Poly Vinyl Chlorine

d)

Poly Vinyl Carbonate

12.

What is the name of the addition polymer?

a)

poly(bromoethane)

b)

poly(bromoethene)

c)

poly(bromoethanol)

13.

What is the name of the addition polymer?

a)

poly(ethene)

b)

poly(propene)

c)

poly(butene)

14.

Which two compounds react to form the polymer shown?

a)

propan-1,3-diol and methandioic acid

b)

ethan-1,2-diol and ethandioic acid

c)

methandiol and propandioic acid

15.

What feature of alkene molecules allows them to act as monomers?

a)

The double C=C bond

b)

The presence of carbon atoms

c)

The presence of hydrogen atoms

16.

What happens in a Condensation Polymerisation reaction?

a)

Two different functional groups bond together and expel a small molecule (often water)

b)

A small molecule is added

c)

All atoms used up when monomers join together