<p> Name Polymers Web Quest Date Period </p><p>Note: all links can be found on the 8th grade assignment page! Go to http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/CHEMWEEK/POLYMERS/Polymers.html. Answer the following questions using information found on the page.</p><p>1. What is a polymer?</p><p>2. What are some examples of polymers?</p><p>3. Name and describe 4 of the polymers found in nature.</p><p>4. Name and describe 4 of the polymers found at home.</p><p>5. Why is it important to recycle polymers?</p><p>6. Describe 2 ways recycled polymers can be used.</p><p>7. What is a synthetic polymer?</p><p>Go to http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/WofMatE/polymers.htm. Answer the following questions using the information found on the page.</p><p>8. What does the word polymer mean? </p><p>9. What are plastics? </p><p>10. What are elastomers? Answer this question on your own from the information you have gathered.</p><p>11. List at least 5 polymers that you use in every day life. Describe the properties of them that make them useful to serve their purpose.</p>