Hair and Fiber Quiz

What is hair made of?

• Fibers

• Keratin

• Polymers

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Hair is produced from a structure called the hair _______

True or False: Humans develop hair follicles during fetal development, and no new follicles are produced after birth.

• True

• False

Hair color is mostly the result of _________, which are chemical compounds that reflect certain wavelengths of visible light.

In order to test hair evidence for nuclear DNA, the _____ must be present.

Hair is composed of three principal parts:

• Fibers, cortex, cuticle

• Pigments, root, medulla

• Cuticle, Cortex, Medulla

__________ fibers come from plants and animals.

• Synthetic

• Natural

________ fibers are man-made.

• Synthetic

• Natural

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

True or False: A fiber is the largest unit of a textile material that has a length many times greater than its diameter.

• True

• False

True or False: common fibers such as white cotton or blue denim fibers can be very helpful to an investigation

• True

• False