chapter 11 Flashcards
(30 cards)
1
Q
- _________________-a thread or a filament from a plant tissue.
a. Phloem tissue
b. Fiber
c. Wood
d. Xylem tissue
A
b. Fiber
2
Q
- ___________________- elongated, thick walled, dead plant cells.
a. Fiber
b. Sclerenchyma fiber cells
c. Wood
d. Xylem tissue
A
b. Sclerenchyma fiber cells
3
Q
- _______________________- The process after retting. This is the beating and scraping of the fibers to remove the remaining unwanted tissue, such as the xylem, which adheres to the fibers.
a. Retting
b. Decorticating
c. Hackling
d. Scutching
A
d. Scutching
4
Q
- _____________________- The cotton hairs.
a. Linter
b. Lint
c. Staple
d. Bolls
A
c. Staple
5
Q
- Eli Whitney invented the ________________
a. Cotton Gin
b. Industrial revolution
c. Retting
d. Scutching
A
a. Cotton Gin
6
Q
- _______________________-plant tissue that conducts the transport of food throughout the plant.
a. Wood
b. Xylem
c. Phloem
d. Staple
A
c. Phloem
7
Q
- Ancient Egyptians wrapped their mummies in what fiber?
a. Egyptian cotton
b. Abaca
c. Linen
d. Jute
A
c. Linen
8
Q
- What color fiber does cellulose produce?
a. Green
b. White
c. Yellow
d. Brown
A
b. White
9
Q
- Which is not a way of extracting bast fibers from stems?
a. Retting
b. Scutching
c. Hackling
d. Ginning
A
d. Ginning
10
Q
- Which fiber do we get from the agave leaves?
a. Abaca
b. Cotton
c. Linen
d. Sisal
A
d. Sisal
11
Q
- ____________________-the process of removing seed fibers. Derived from the word engine, “gin” means machine.
a. Ginning
b. Decorticating
c. Hackling
d. Retting
A
a. Ginning
12
Q
- What surface fiber do we get from the palm family?
a. Cotton
b. Kapok
c. Coconut
d. Agave
A
c. Coconut
13
Q
- About how many pairs of jeans can we get from one cotton bale?
a. 400
b. 525
c. 3.500
d. 325
A
d. 325
14
Q
- ____________________- plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals throughout the plant.
a. phloem
b. xylem
c. wood
d. fibers
A
b. xylem
15
Q
- What color are fibers that contain a lot of lignin?
a. White
b. Brown
c. Orange
d. Green
A
b. Brown
16
Q
- The Declaration of Independence is made out of what fiber?
a. Jute
b. Linen
c. Hemp
d. Kapok
A
c. Hemp
17
Q
- Name 3 things in this classroom that are made of plant fibers.
A
table, pencil, book
18
Q
- What are the 3 stages of extracting bast fibers in order from start to finish?
A
retting, scutching, and hacking
19
Q
- Name 3 surface fibers we talked about in class.
A
coconut, kapok, cotton
20
Q
- How long are coconuts soaked in water during the retting process?
A
10 months
21
Q
- Name one item made of Abaca fiber?
A
tea bags
22
Q
- What is the difference between Linter and Lint?
A
linter= short fibers lint= long fibers
23
Q
- What tree is covered in spines and produces a surface fiber?
A
kapok
24
Q
- Give one example of something made from jute fiber.
A
canvas, tea bags
25
25. Give the common name of the new world cotton that became popular in to grow and produce in Egypt.
Egyptian cotton
26
26. Why is linen so expensive?
labor intensive
27
27. What fiber would be used to make plant baskets?
coconut fiber
28
28. What is the difference between xylem and phloem tissue?
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xylem= water
phloem= food
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29
29. What are the 2 hard fibers we talked about in class?
sisal, abaca
30
30. What fiber is used to make canvases?
jute
