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IB DP DT Topic 4.2c Glass

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sand used in glass needs to be high in ...

a)

Silica

b)

Cerulium

c)

Sulphur

d)

Lime

2.

Three characteristics of glass are ...

a)

Tough, strong, translucent

b)

Hard, tough, translucent

c)

Hard, brittle, transparent.

d)

Brittle, tough, transparent

3.

What ingredients are used to make sand?

a)

Sand, silica, limestone

b)

Sand, soda, lime

c)

Sand, limestone, calcium carbonate

4.

True or false; glass can be made into bricks to make walls.

(a)  

5.

Metal oxides are used to colour glass.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Glass that has layers put together with plastic in between is called (a)   glass.

7.

Glass that is tempered is also called (a)   glass.

8.

Coca-cola bottles and other soda companies use which type of glass?

a)

Soda

b)

Lime

c)

Silica

d)

Clear

9.

Pyrex was developed to have a higher thermal resistivity, so that it expands and shrinks less with heat.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Glass has low tensile strength

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or false: Glass is porous.

(a)  

12.

True or False: Crushed glass ready for recycling is called cullet.

(a)