Lesson 3.2.4

3.2.4 Sources and origins Quiz: AQA Design & Technology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the main source of cellulose fibres used to make paper?

    • Crude oil
    • Wood and grasses
    • Iron ore
    • Sand
  2. What is the primary purpose of seasoning timber?

    • Increasing material density
    • Adding artificial colour
    • Removing cellulose fibres
    • Reducing moisture content
  3. Which process cuts logs into boards and other usable forms?

    • Spinning
    • Cracking
    • Conversion
    • Seasoning
  4. Which two processes are listed for obtaining metal based materials?

    • Cracking and distillation
    • Spinning and weaving
    • Extraction and refining
    • Seasoning and conversion
  5. Which process separates crude oil into useful fractions?

    • Spinning of yarn
    • Seasoning of timber
    • Conversion by heating
    • Fractional distillation
  6. What happens during the cracking process in polymer production?

    • Breaking large molecules
    • Extracting raw metals
    • Weaving textile fibres
    • Cooling crude oil
  7. Which process turns textile fibres into yarn?

    • Spinning
    • Extraction
    • Seasoning
    • Cracking
  8. What does a life cycle assessment examine for a material?

    • Total environmental impact
    • Ultimate tensile strength
    • Electrical conductivity
    • Retail market value
  9. A wool jumper's fibres come from sheep. Which source category is this?

    • Chemical
    • Animal
    • Mineral
    • Vegetable
  10. Nylon yarn is produced from petrochemicals. Which source category does it belong to?

    • Mineral
    • Chemical
    • Vegetable
    • Animal
  11. Cotton fibre comes from the cotton plant. Which source category is this?

    • Animal
    • Mineral
    • Vegetable
    • Chemical
  12. A timber board is cut from a log and then left to dry before use. Which two processes are these?

    • Extraction and refining
    • Spinning and weaving
    • Conversion and seasoning
    • Cracking and distillation
  13. What benefit is gained when a plastic bottle is recycled back into raw material?

    • Increased oil extraction
    • Reduced virgin resource demand
    • Faster fractional distillation
    • Higher polymer density
  14. Metal is obtained from ore. Which process comes first in producing a usable metal?

    • Extraction
    • Fractional distillation
    • Spinning
    • Seasoning
  15. Which evaluation tool tracks environmental impact from raw material to disposal?

    • Fractional distillation
    • Timber seasoning kiln
    • Tensile stress test
    • Life cycle assessment
  16. Which process is applied to polymers but not to timber?

    • Conversion
    • Cracking
    • Seasoning
    • Spinning
  17. A log yields 40 per cent usable boards. How many kilograms of usable boards come from 500 kg of log?

    • 50 kg
    • 200 kg
    • 400 kg
    • 125 kg
  18. Which processing step turns prepared fibres into yarn before weaving?

    • Seasoning
    • Conversion
    • Spinning
    • Extraction
  19. Metal based materials are obtained from which source?

    • Ore
    • Cellulose
    • Cotton
    • Wool
  20. Why is crude oil refined before being used to manufacture polymers?

    • Separating into fractions
    • Removing all moisture
    • Adding carbon fibres
    • Increasing material toxicity

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