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WorksheetsY8 Textiles Spring Term - Sustainability
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following is NOT an environmental problem associated with cotton?
Plastic microfibers released through washing pollute the oceans.
Animal habitats are often cleared for farm land
Cotton plants require a lot of water to grow
Large amounts of pesticides are used on crops
The 6R's of sustainability are: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,
Rethink, Rebuy, Replace
Review, Redesign, Remake
Repair, Refuse, Rethink
Reinvent, Redesign, Replace
Match the key word to the definition.
The ability to be maintained at a certain level without a negative impact to the environment.
Life cycle assessment
Sustainability
Climate change
Carbon footprint
Select an example of how something can be 'Reused' in textiles
Donate clothing to a charity shop
Repair ripped clothing
Wear clothing for longer
Deconstruct fibres and use them to make a new item of clothing
What is a specification?
A design communicating ideas to others
A detailed list of requirements which the design must meet
A brief explaining what you need to make
An annotated design idea
Which fibre group does polyester come from?
Animal
Plant
Synthetic
Mineral
Take and existing product that has become waste and reprocess the material for use in a new product.
Which R is being described?
Recycle
Reuse
Repair
Rethink
Minimise the amount of material and energy being used during the whole of a products life cycle. Which R is being described?
Refuse
Reuse
Reduce
Recycle
Take an existing product that has become waste and use the materials or parts for another purpose without processing it. Which R is being described?
Recycle
Reuse
Rethink
Repair
Fast fashion brands keep the cost of their clothes down by...
Employing cheap labour in developing countries
Using polyester as it is cheaper to make than cotton
Producing clothes in the same county as they will be sold to cut travel cost
Making clothes less detailed so they don't take as long to make
When writing criteria for a design specification. Aesthetics refers to...
The purpose of the product
The type of person who will buy the product
What the product will look like
How the product will be manufactured
Why is organic cotton better for the environment that normal cotton?
It does not use as much water
It does not use pesticides
It uses less land to grow
It biodegrades quicker
Which of the following fabrics uses fossil fuels to make the fibres?
Linen
Wool
Polyester
Viscose
Which stage comes after harvesting in the life cycle of a t-shirt?
Use
End of life
Growing
Processing
What is the source of synthetic fabrics?
Sheep's wool
Leather
Silk worms
Crude oil
What is fast fashion?
Second hand already made clothing
Expensive good quality clothing
Getting dressed really fast
Low cost high fashion clothing
What two families can we divide fabrics into?
Natural and synthetic
Hard and soft
Plants and animals
Crude oil and plants
Which of these answers contains ALL NATURAL fabrics?
Wool, lycra, polyester
Polyester, cotton, silk
Lycra, elastane, nylon
Wool, linen, silk
What is water contamination?
Where there is not enough water to grow the crops
The amount of water that is used to grow crops
Water that runs from crops into rivers and causes pollution
Water that is reserved only for growing crops
A life cycle analysis is
an analysis of how a material is grown.
an analysis of the properties of materials.
an analysis of the journey of a material or product.
an analysis of the colours used in products to enhance the way they look.
The creation of very fashionable, low quality clothes is called...
manufacture
end of life products
life cycle analysis
fast fashion
Which statement is correct about soil erosion?
the soil gets exhausted and loses its nutrients which means more land must be cleared to farm in other areas.
the soil is completely washed away into nearby rivers meaning farms have to move.
it causes water scarcity by using up the water from nearby streams.
the soils is used up meaning the plants grow larger and healthier.
Which statement is INCORRECT about garment factories in developing countries?
workers are paid low wages
workers often work long hours
conditions are sometimes unsafe
workers are forced to sew clothes by hand
A decorative technique that involves sewing a smaller patch of fabric onto a larger one to create a pattern or motif is called what?
Block printing
Embroidery
Applique
Machine stitching
What is a paper pattern?
A guide to follow on the sewing machine
A card or paper template used for accurate cutting of a shape in fabric.
A design which is a repeat pattern
A template to use when stencilling
A common stitch used in sewing and embroidery where the thread runs in and out of the fabric
Chain stitch
Running stitch
Blanket stitch
Cross stitch
Recycled polyester can be made from recycling what material?
anything plastic
plastic bottles
cotton t-shirts
pine trees
In the life cycle of the cotton t-shirt, the processing stage of the life cycle is
when the fibre is washed, combed and spun into yarn, then knitted into fabric.
where the material is broken down back to its fibres to be recycled.
where the fabric is sewn together and decorated to make a t-shirt.
when the fabric is in use at home.
When making a soft toy which of these manufacturing stages would come first?
Using the sewing machine to sew the back and the front pieces of the toy together leaving a small gap
Sewing the details onto the face of the toy
Stuffing the toy with polyester stuffing
Cutting out the shapes of fabric needed
Which of the following is an example of a quality control check for a soft toy?
stitching the back and front pieces of the toy together
stuffing the toy so it is soft
making sure stitching is secure
sewing buttons for the eyes
