Chapter 3

Question 1

Alpaca

Answer 1

fiber produced by the alpaca animal of South America

Question 2

Angora

Answer 2

the fiber of the Angora rabbit

Question 3

Bast fiber

Answer 3

a fiber the grows in the stem and root of a plant

Question 4

Cashmere

Answer 4

fiber produced by the cashmere goat

Question 5

Cellulose

Answer 5

a complex sugar molecule that makes up cellulosic fibers

Question 6

Cellulosic fibers

Answer 6

fibers made from cellulose, a complex sugar molecule

Question 7

Conventional cotton

Answer 7

cotton grown and processed using modern farming and production methods and intensive use of agricultural and processing chemicals

Question 8

Convolutions

Answer 8

the cotton fiber’s characteristic ribbon-like twist

Question 9

Cotton

Answer 9

a commonly used seed fiber from the cotton plant

Question 10

Cottonize

Answer 10

to cut a fiber from the cotton plant

Question 11

Dupioni silk

Answer 11

silk that develops when two silkworms spin one cocoon together

Question 12

Egyptian cotton

Answer 12

a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber

Question 13

Felting

Answer 13

a unique interlocking property of wool fibers related to its surface scales

Question 14

Flax

Answer 14

the fiber removed from the flax plant

Question 15

Green cotton

Answer 15

cotton fabric that has been washed with mild, natural-bred soap, but has not been bleached or treated with other chemicals, except possibly natural dyes

Question 16

Hemp

Answer 16

a bas fiber produced by the hemp plant

Question 17

Hygroscopic

Answer 17

fibers that absorb moisture without feeling wet

Question 18

Lamb’s wool

Answer 18

a fine and soft wool from animals less than 7 months old

Question 19

Leaf fiber

Answer 19

a fiber that is removed from the veins or ribs of a plant’s leaf

Question 20

Line

Answer 20

long coded flax fibers

Question 21

Linen

Answer 21

yarn, fabric, and textile products made from flax fibers

Question 22

Llama

Answer 22

fiber produced by the llama animal from south america

Question 23

Mohair

Answer 23

fiber removed from the angora goat

Question 24

Momme

Answer 24

the weight of silk fabric;one momma sighs 3.75 grams

Question 25

Naturally colored cotton

Answer 25

cotton fibers that are grown in a color other than off-white or beige

Question 26

Natural animal fibers

Answer 26

fibers produced by plants or insects that are made of complex natural chemicals

Question 27

Natural bicomponent fiber

Answer 27

the cortex of wool contains two cell types that react differently to moisture and temperature

Question 28

Natural plant fibers

Answer 28

fibers naturally produced by plants

Question 29

Organic cotton

Answer 29

cotton that meets state certified standards for land where organic farming practices have been used for at least three years

Question 30

Pima cotton

Answer 30

a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber

Question 31

Ramie

Answer 31

fiber that comes from a tad perennial, fast-growing shrub from the nettle family

Question 32

Recycled wool

Answer 32

fabric made from scraps of new woven or felted fabrics

Question 33

Scales

Answer 33

the dense outer layer of most wool fibers

Question 34

Sea Island cotton

Answer 34

a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber

Question 35

Seed fiber

Answer 35

a fiber that grows within a pod or boll from developing seeds

Question 36

Sericin

Answer 36

a water-soluble protective gum covering the silk fiber when it is produced by the silk moth larvae

Question 37

Sericulture

Answer 37

the production of cultivated silk

Question 38

Silk

Answer 38

fiber produced by the larvae of the silk moth

Question 39

Supima cotton

Answer 39

a type of extra long-staple cotton fiber

Question 40

Tow

Answer 40

short flax fibers

Question 41

Transition cotton

Answer 41

cotton produced on land where organic farming is practiced, but for less than the three-year minimum

Question 42

Tussah silk

Answer 42

a common type of wild silk

Question 43

Virgin wool

Answer 43

wool that has never before been processed

Question 44

Wild silk

Answer 44

silk produced by silk moths in the wild

Question 45

Wool

Answer 45

a natural animal fiber produced by sheep, goats, camel, alpaca, llama, vicuna, and related animals; new wool or wool fibers reclaimed from knit scraps, broken thread, and noils