chapter 11

Question 1

1. _________________-a thread or a filament from a plant tissue.
   a. Phloem tissue
   b. Fiber
   c. Wood
   d. Xylem tissue

Answer 1

b. Fiber

Question 2

2. ___________________- elongated, thick walled, dead plant cells.
   a. Fiber
   b. Sclerenchyma fiber cells
   c. Wood
   d. Xylem tissue

Answer 2

b. Sclerenchyma fiber cells

Question 3

3. _______________________- 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

Answer 3

d. Scutching

Question 4

4. _____________________- The cotton hairs.
   a. Linter
   b. Lint
   c. Staple
   d. Bolls

Answer 4

c. Staple

Question 5

5. Eli Whitney invented the ________________
   a. Cotton Gin
   b. Industrial revolution
   c. Retting
   d. Scutching

Answer 5

a. Cotton Gin

Question 6

6. _______________________-plant tissue that conducts the transport of food throughout the plant.
   a. Wood
   b. Xylem
   c. Phloem
   d. Staple

Answer 6

c. Phloem

Question 7

7. Ancient Egyptians wrapped their mummies in what fiber?
   a. Egyptian cotton
   b. Abaca
   c. Linen
   d. Jute

Answer 7

c. Linen

Question 8

8. What color fiber does cellulose produce?
   a. Green
   b. White
   c. Yellow
   d. Brown

Answer 8

b. White

Question 9

9. Which is not a way of extracting bast fibers from stems?
   a. Retting
   b. Scutching
   c. Hackling
   d. Ginning

Answer 9

d. Ginning

Question 10

10. Which fiber do we get from the agave leaves?
    a. Abaca
    b. Cotton
    c. Linen
    d. Sisal

Answer 10

d. Sisal

Question 11

11. ____________________-the process of removing seed fibers. Derived from the word engine, “gin” means machine.
    a. Ginning
    b. Decorticating
    c. Hackling
    d. Retting

Answer 11

a. Ginning

Question 12

12. What surface fiber do we get from the palm family?
    a. Cotton
    b. Kapok
    c. Coconut
    d. Agave

Answer 12

c. Coconut

Question 13

13. About how many pairs of jeans can we get from one cotton bale?
    a. 400
    b. 525
    c. 3.500
    d. 325

Answer 13

d. 325

Question 14

14. ____________________- plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals throughout the plant.
    a. phloem
    b. xylem
    c. wood
    d. fibers

Answer 14

b. xylem

Question 15

15. What color are fibers that contain a lot of lignin?
    a. White
    b. Brown
    c. Orange
    d. Green

Answer 15

b. Brown

Question 16

16. The Declaration of Independence is made out of what fiber?
    a. Jute
    b. Linen
    c. Hemp
    d. Kapok

Answer 16

c. Hemp

Question 17

17. Name 3 things in this classroom that are made of plant fibers.

Answer 17

table, pencil, book

Question 18

18. What are the 3 stages of extracting bast fibers in order from start to finish?

Answer 18

retting, scutching, and hacking

Question 19

19. Name 3 surface fibers we talked about in class.

Answer 19

coconut, kapok, cotton

Question 20

20. How long are coconuts soaked in water during the retting process?

Answer 20

10 months

Question 21

21. Name one item made of Abaca fiber?

Answer 21

tea bags

Question 22

22. What is the difference between Linter and Lint?

Answer 22

linter= short fibers
lint= long fibers

Question 23

23. What tree is covered in spines and produces a surface fiber?

Answer 23

kapok

Question 24

24. Give one example of something made from jute fiber.

Answer 24

canvas, tea bags

Question 25

25. Give the common name of the new world cotton that became popular in to grow and produce in Egypt.

Answer 25

Egyptian cotton

Question 26

26. Why is linen so expensive?

Answer 26

labor intensive

Question 27

27. What fiber would be used to make plant baskets?

Answer 27

coconut fiber

Question 28

28. What is the difference between xylem and phloem tissue?

Answer 28

``` xylem= water phloem= food ```

Question 29

29. What are the 2 hard fibers we talked about in class?

Answer 29

sisal, abaca

Question 30

30. What fiber is used to make canvases?

Answer 30

jute