REVIEW Game

Fashion- Chapter 6 Quiz

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

The order of the building blocks of fabric from most basic to finished product is: yarns > fabrics > fibers

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Cashmere is considered a fur…

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Spandex is a synthetic fiber that can stretch up to 500% - swimwear, underwear, athletic wear

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Linen is made from the flax plant

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

Silkworms wrap themselves in silk envelopes called cocoons, which is where the silk fiber comes from

What are the two primary methods for making fibers into fabrics?

Knitting and weaving

What is the synthetic textile process in which solid raw materials are dissolved by chemicals and melted with heat to form a liquid which is forced through a spinneret?(much like forcing through a metal strainer)

extrusion

Name 4 natural fibers. State some advantages and disadvantages.

1. Cotton2. Linen3. Wool4. Silk5. Fur

6. Suede/Leather

Name some properties of fibers that give fabrics their characteristics:

Warmth, strength, appearance, price, absorbency,

Invented the cotton gin

Invented the loom

Made from 2 sets of yarns – one lengthwise and one crosswise

Made from 1 set of yarns looping together in same

direction

Unit of measurement used to identify the thickness or

diameter of fibers

denier

weaves

Eli Whitney

Joseph Jacquard

knits

Match the following terms:

Explain the differences between knits and weaves:

Knits are made from only one set of yarns that run in the same direction. Knits are held together by looping the yarns around each other.

Weaves are composed of two sets of yarns with one set running lengthwise and the other set running crosswise.