Plastics are used to make many everyday items, such as the body of the kettle. (a) Complete the sentences by drawing a ring around the correct words. catalysts The plastic is made from many small molecules called (b) After a few years the kettle no longer worked. Some parts of the kettle are made of plastic. • Some parts of the kettle are made of stainless steel. • The owner of the kettle disposed of it in a landfill site. Consider these statements. monomers polymers (1) Suggest three reasons why the kettle should not be disposed of in a landfill site. 1. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (3)
Plastics are used to make many everyday items, such as the body of the kettle.
(a) Complete the sentences by drawing a ring around the correct words. catalysts
The plastic is made from many small molecules called
(b) After a few years the kettle no longer worked.
- Some parts of the kettle are made of plastic. • Some parts of the kettle are made of stainless steel. • The owner of the kettle disposed of it in a landfill site.
Consider these statements.
monomers
(1)
Suggest three reasons why the kettle should not be disposed of in a landfill site. 1. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________ (3)

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