Questionnaire

After having studied all the documents and watched all the videos, it’s time to prove what you have learned about polymers, in the document called Polymers do the activities you’ll find bellow

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Questionnaire

1. Imagine you are the engineer responsible for the design of a tennis racket (the frame and the string). Justify the plastic materials you would use. Be careful because you have several options

2. Draw a sketch of a Mountain Bike. Show the materials you’ll use for each part of the bicycle. In this exercise you’ll have to use metals, plastics and composites

3. Why is not a good choice to bury plastics in a landfill?. Explain the other alternatives we have to dispose of plastics. Which are their benefits?

4. By watching the video below, what numbers of plastics are recyclable?

5. According to your view on plastics, explain the following cartoons

6. a) Which are the main properties of Carbon Fiber?

b) Write at least ten modern applications of this composite

c) Explain the main steps to get a carbon fiber object from the fibers of carbon.

7. What is the purpose of the monococque in a F1 car?. What materials is it made of?. Answer the question after watching the following video:

8. In F1 the synthetic fiber named Nomex is used for…….. What are its properties?

Vocabulary list

Here you can write the new words that you have learned by studying the unit and their translation into Catalan.