Middle School Physical Science › Compare and contrast synthetic materials and natural resources
Certain types of metals, like gold, are both naturally occurring and can be created in a lab. (This process is not used often because it is expensive and not efficient!) This tells us what about metals like gold?
Which answer choice best defines a synthetic material?
Which answer choice is NOT an example of a synthetic substance?
True or False: The good news about synthetic materials, like plastic, is that we can always make more, no matter how much we need.
Plastics are made from natural materials such as cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt and crude oil through something called a polymerisation process. This tells us that plastics are:
Synthetic materials are:
What are some benefits provided by synthetic materials?
Which answer choice is an example of a natural resource?
Which answer choice is the best example of a non-renewable natural resource?
Which answer choice is NOT a natural resource?