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GCSE Addition Polymers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name given to the small molecules that join together to make a polymer

(a)  

2.

What would the polymer formed from ethene monomers be called?

a)

polyethene

b)

poly(ethene)

c)

poly(propene)

d)

polyene

3.

Which one of these could polymerise to make poly(propene)

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What are the key points to remember when writing an equation for polymerisation?

a)

Monomer has a C=C

b)

Repeat Unit has C-C

c)

Brackets (with stalks)

d)

n before monomer and after bracket of repeat unit

5.

What monomer forms this polymer chain?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

What monomer forms this polymer chain?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

Which one of these monomers would form poly(1,2-difluoroethene)?

a)
b)
8.

Which repeat unit would be formed by the polymerisation of propene?

a)
b)
9.

Polymerisation in which double bonds in monomers break and a polymer with single bonds only is called...

(a)  

10.

True of false - this is the repeat unit for poly(propene)?

a)

True

b)

False