Synthetic vs Natural Materials

2. The presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
7. Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
9. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or the natural world
10. Resources that come from the Earth that is used to support life and meet people's needs.
11. Any product or physical matter that comes from plants, animals, or the ground
14. Produced or involving production without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other artificial agents, to be considered natural
15. A substance made from two or more different elements that have been chemically joined.
16. A molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer
17. A complex carbohydrate that is the main part of the cell wall of plants
18. The ability of a substance that is capable of being broken down or decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms

1. Extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment from disposed and broke down consumer products and industrial waste
3. A hydrocarbon that is primary part of naturalgas, a greenhouse gas emitted from a variety of human activity and natural sources
4. Something that is made rather than occurring naturally
5. The chemical study of carbon compounds
6. A compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those which are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas
8. To reuse or find new ways to use things that would otherwise would have been thrown out
12. The production of goods through the use of labor, machinery, tools, and processing.
13. A site to dispose of trash, garbage, or rubbish