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ACTIVITY 1 1.Plastics do not usually conduct electricity. Think of as many
different ways in which work. this property is used in the home or at We use plastics for toys, clothes, computers, CDs, furnatures, televisions

2.A lot of the plastics used to package foods are transparent. How
might this increase food safety? The colours of plastics are not good for another element or food in a long time

3.Plastics are widely used in hospitals. Look at this picture. What


are the particular advantages of using plastics in this way? Think of the advantages that cheapness of production brings. Because they are safe and hygienic, tough and durable ,lightweight, cost effective and convenient, good insulator ,flexible and adaptable, capable of re-use and supportive of innovation.

4.Plastics are likely to be safer than glass because they do not


break, and safer than steel because they do not rust and are less likely to have jagged edges. Can you think of objects made from plastics which might pose a hazard to people or animals if not disposed of sensibly? Plastics bag can be broken and the products fall. Destroy the envioment and kill animals.

5.Some plastics can withstand very high temperatures, why might


this be useful? For cook, for make a electricity elements that resistance electricity.

6.Some plastics are waterproof and resistant to attack by


chemicals. Think of ways in which these properties are useful to us

Protect the products (objets) that are inside.

ACTIVITY 2
produced in developing countries is wasted before it reaches the consumer, whereas in western Europe this figure is only 2-3%.Modern plastics packaging plays a part in this. What other factors might be responsible for this wide difference? Of course! The modern plastics are more resistant and protect the food better than the older plastics.

1.Around 30-50% of food

2.Look around at home in the kitchen or bathroom or in


a supermarket. Find as many different ways as you can in which plastics add to the safe use of other things. The product are safer because are protected from the germs because they are better preserved.

3. By weight, plastics account for about 50% of the packaging


of food sold in supermarkets, yetonly 17% of packaging waste by weight is plastics. Look at these pictures and think of the food you buy yourselves. Make a list of different types of packaging for food. Think in particular of examples of how shape is used as a means of protection. Plastic bag (butter),bag containers (apples)

4.Expanded polystyrene is an alternative to corrugated cardboard


as a protective packaging material. Design an investigation to compare the effectiveness of the protection offered by the two materials against penetration by a sharp object such as a screwdriver. You will need to think of the quantity of each material used to provide a fair comparison. Discuss your ideas before you begin the investigation The explanding polystyrenos is better protector but has got a worse tenacity while the carrogate, carboar is worse protected because it is less malleable but has got a better tenacity.

5.Bubble-wrap is widely used to protect delicate objects such as


crockery. Just how effective is it? How much protection can it give to an egg? Design an investigation which compares the amount of protection given to the shell of a hard-boiled egg as the amount of bubble-wrap used changes. Begin by thinking of ways in which you can carry out the investigation

It is very good material because protect very well the products. It can given a lot of protection a one egg.

ACTIVITY 3 1.Suggest why using bottles made from plastics on jet air craftcan
save up to 6000 per year on the cost of running an aircraft. The plastic is lighter than glass. If the plain is heavier need more combustible for instance the plastic is more economic

2.What else might you need to know about the plastic


bottles before you could say whether the real saving was 6000? Explain how it might be more or less than this figure. I need the weight and the value of a combustible

3.When faced with a choice of using plastic or paper bags which


do you choose? Why? What does it depend on? Make a list of the advantages of both paper and plastic bags for holding fruit and vegetables. The paper is more degradable. The prize of the object. Plastic is more resistant. Paper is recycled and no contaminate.

4.Compare the masses of

plastic and paper bags which are used to carry fruit and vegetables. First of all decide how you will ensure that your test is a fair one With a balance and doing it with 10 bags. be on the mass of packaging used if we had to use paper bags all the time. The weight of a paper bag was heavier than the plastic bag.

5.Looking at your results,discuss what the impact would

6.Compare a soft drink carried in a plastic, glass, metal, and card


container. Measure themasses of the total package and the masses of the liquids they contain. Make a chart showing the percentage of the total masswhich is taken up by the packaging material. Vidrio 1,5 kg /Plastic 1,040 kg /Paper 1,060kg

7.Compare a one-litre drink packed in glass and one packed in


plastics. Make a list of the differences in the use of energy as it moves: from the factory tow are house to storage in the shop

from storage in the shop to t he shelves from shelves to checkout to home and storage The vidrio is heavier than the plastic and it cause more energy. The weight is the difference.

8.Now do the same but compare metal and card drinks packaging
with plastics. Are these likely to be similar to glass or plastics? Why? Never the paper are more resistant than the vidrio but less than plastic.

9.Compare the four materialsagain. Think of other advantagesand


disadvantages of each one.

ADVENTAGES PLASTIC METAL PAPER Cheap and modificate Resistance high and down temperature Cheap, recycle and light Recycled No contaminate

DESADVENTAGES No resistant Its expensive Expensive his recycled No resistant Need hight temperature No degradable Heavy

VIDRIO

10.Now summarise the advantages and disadvantages of using


plastics as containers. Think of energy savings, the amount of raw materials needed, other environmental issues such as pollution and waste, and the impact on our lives. Adventages is more resistant is lighter than the others disadvantages contaminate. The impact in our lifes is very important because we use plastic for all of objects.

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