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Synthetic fibre and plastics

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Can synthetic material be used for your clothes or anything else?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.
What are some advantages of synthetic materials?
a)
Cheaper to manufacture 
b)
Stronger than similar products made from natural material
c)
Often better quality 
d)
All of the above
3.
What is one way that synthetic materials can be made?
a)
From natural resources
b)
Petroleum 
c)
Anything 
4.
Can synthetic materials be renewable?
a)
Yes
b)
No
5.
What is the difference between a natural and synthetic material?
a)
Natural material is made from chemicals and synthetic is made from nature
b)
Natural material is made directly from nature and synthetic material is made from chemicals
c)
Natural material is made from petroleum and synthetic material is made from wool
d)
Natural material is made from trees and synthetic materials are made from plastics
6.
What are the advantages of using synthetic materials?
a)
Cheaper 
b)
It is fake so it dosen't hurt the enviroment
c)
Better quality 
d)
Its made out of fossil fuels
7.
What are synthetic materials mostly made out of?
a)
Coal
b)
Oil
c)
Petroleum
d)
Natural Gas
8.
What is plastic?
a)
A synthetic material made of ONLY  minerals
b)
A synthetic material made of ONLY coal
c)
A synthetic material made out of natural gas,plants,mierals,and petroleum
d)
A synthetic material made only of natural gas
9.
What does it mean to refine the plastic?
a)
Combine new molecules
b)
Burn it 
c)
Drill it from the ground
d)
Seperate the different molecules 
10.
What is an example of a natural material?
a)
kevlar
b)
gel
c)
wood
d)
medicine
11.
Natural Materials are more durable than Synthetic Materials
a)
True
b)
False
12.
What is better plastic or bio 
plastic?
a)
Bio plastic
b)
plastic
13.
Is this image plastic?
a)
Yes
b)
no
14.
What are the advantages of 
synthetic? 
a)
 cheaper,stronger
b)
not renewable
15.
Plastics are of two type
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Which of the following is a synthetic fibre?
a)
Terrywool
b)
Terrycot
c)
Terylene
d)
All of them.
17.
It is not advisable to wear clothes made of synthetic fibre while working near fire because 
a)
They are uncomfortable in those works
b)
They melt on heating and cause heavy burns
c)
They do not absorb moisture
d)
They are shiny and lustrous.
18.
Lycra is a synthetic fibre which is also known as
a)
nylon.
b)
acrylic
c)
spandex
d)
rayon.
19.
Melamine is used for making
a)
kitchenware.
b)
floor tiles.
c)
fire-resistant fabrics.
d)
all of them.
20.
Thermosets cannot be remoulded
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Plastic is indispensable but its use should be minimized.
a)
False
b)
True
22.
Acrylic fibres are a substitute for natural wool.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Clothes made of pure synthetic fibres are lustrous and shiny.
a)
True
b)
False