Unit 4 Plastics

What was the name of the first plastic?

• Cellophane

• Parkesine

• Bakelite

• Styrofoam

What is a mold?

• A fungus

• A shape plastic is formed around

• A type of plastic

• Plastic that is formed around a shape

In the thermoforming industry, the term tooling refers to what?

• The tools needed to repair equipment

• The material used to develop forms or molds

• The shape or image that the plastic will form itself around

• None of these

The first synthetic plastic which was developed in 1907.

• Parkesine

• Cellophane

• Bakelite

• Fiber 66

Which country uses the most plastic

• US

• China

• Mexico

• Russia

When using the thermoformer what helped shape the hot plastic?

• positive air pressure

• negative air pressure

• hot glue

• nothing

What is another term for the mean?

• mode point

• standard deviation

• average

• median point

Synthetic refers to a material being?

• organic

• natural

• man-made

• from space

Which of the following is true about plastic?

• It's cheap

• It's versatile (many uses)

• It's disposable

• All of the above

True or False: We've produced more plastic in the last 10 years than in the last century.

• True

• False