Understanding the role of polymers

in sports equipment
Andy Parsons introduced the role of polymers in sports equipment.

Watch the video :

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/everyday-
chemistry/0/steps/22344

Ex.1 Answer the questions and complete the sentences.

1. What natural materials were used traditionally to produce sports equipment?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Why only small amount of people could play sports in the past?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. The new synthetic materials not only allow most people play sports but
also…………………… their performance.
4. Nowadays, golf balls are made of …………………… which makes them
……………………………….
5. Why are carbon nanotubes incorporated into various sports equipment?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Ex. 2 Watch again and complete the chart below.

Material type: Characteristics: Application:

Polymers with rubber

Nanomaterials

Polymers
 LLDPE

Vulcanized rubber

PVC

Nano-particles of copper oxide

(CuO), zinc oxide (ZnO) and
zirconium oxide (ZrO2)

Ex.3 List 15 new words or phrases from the video, find their definitions in English, then
meaning in Polish, finally example sentence.

Eg.

new word definition in ENG meaning in PL example sentence

enhance to raise to a higher zwiększać, poprawiać,  Knowledge of a foreign language
degree; intensify; magnify: wzmacniać will enhance your chances to get
this job.

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