1. Define polymers as large molecules built up from many smaller molecules called monomers
2. Describe the formation of poly(ethene) as an example of addition polymerisation using ethene monomers
3. State that plastics are made from polymers
4. Describe how the properties of plastics have implications for their disposal
5. Describe the environmental challenges caused by plastics, limited to:
6. (a) disposal in landfill sites
7. (b) accumulation in oceans
8. (c) formation of toxic gases from burning
9. Identify the repeat units and/or linkages in addition polymers and in condensation polymers
10. Deduce the structure or repeat unit of an addition polymer from a given alkene and vice versa
11. Deduce the structure or repeat unit of a condensation polymer from given monomers and vice versa, limited to:
12. (a) polyamides from a dicarboxylic acid and a diamine
13. (b) polyesters from a dicarboxylic acid and a diol
14. Describe the differences between addition and condensation polymerisation
15. Describe and draw the structure of:
16. (a) nylon, a polyamide
17. (b) PET, a polyester
18. State that PET can be converted back into monomers and re-polymerised
19. Describe proteins as natural polyamides and that they are formed from amino acid monomers with the general structure: