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As plastics and synthetic fibers consist of repeating monomer units, they are known as ______ .

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polyesters
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polymers
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co-polymers
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A polymers
As plastics and synthetic fibers consist of repeating monomer units, they are known as polymers.
Polymers are macro-molecules having high molecular weights and composed of smaller repeating units called monomers. 'Poly' means 'many' and 'meros' means 'part'.

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