Plastics (get the grade)

• What are plastics classified as?

  Polymers
• What are polymers made of?

  Very long chains of repeating units called monomers
• What is the structure of polyethanol's monomer?

  Structure A
• What is the repeating unit in polyethanol?

  Structure B
• What is the polymer of polyethanol?

  Structure C
• What occurs during addition polymerisation?

  Addition reactions between monomers create a polymer
• What are the key points about polymers and addition polymerisation?

  • Plastics are polymers.
  • Polymers consist of long chains of monomers.
  • Identify and name monomers, polymers, and repeating units.
  • Addition polymerisation involves reactions between monomers to form polymers.
  • Proteins are examples of natural polymers.