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This document provides an assignment on synthetic fibers and plastics for an 8th grade science class. It includes 5 questions to test understanding. Question 1 has blanks to fill in about common synthetic fibers like acrylon and their raw material source. Question 2 asks about differences between bakelite and polythene and safety with nylon clothes. Question 3 requires ordering fibers by strength. Question 4 matches man-made and natural fibers. Question 5 chooses the correct option about various fibers and polymers.

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8 - Science-Synthetic Fibres and Plastics-Assignment

This document provides an assignment on synthetic fibers and plastics for an 8th grade science class. It includes 5 questions to test understanding. Question 1 has blanks to fill in about common synthetic fibers like acrylon and their raw material source. Question 2 asks about differences between bakelite and polythene and safety with nylon clothes. Question 3 requires ordering fibers by strength. Question 4 matches man-made and natural fibers. Question 5 chooses the correct option about various fibers and polymers.

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Class: 8

Science

Chapter - 3: Synthetic Fibres and Plastics

Assignment

Note: Do the following work in Science Practice Notebook / ruled sheets.

Q1. Fill in the blanks:


a) ________________ is a synthetic fibre used as wool.
b) ________________ is made up of a large number of glucose units.
c) Synthetic fibres are synthesised from raw material called ______________.
d) The materials which do not get decomposed by the action of micro-organisms are
called _____________________.

Q2. Answer the following:


(a)Bakelite and polythene are both plastics. However, there is one major difference in
their nature. What is that difference?
(b) Reena was learning cooking. Her mother strictly told her not to wear nylon clothes
in the kitchen. Why?
(c) Why is rayon called an artificial silk?

Q3. Arrange the following fibres in the order of their increasing strength:

Nylon, cotton, wool, polyester, silk.

Q4. ‘Y’, a man-made fibre made from wood pulp is a good substitute of a natural fibre ‘Z’. Y
and Z are:

(i)Y - rayon, Z - silk

(ii)Y- rayon, Z - wool

(iii)Y - acrylic, Z - silk

(iv)Y - acrylic, Z – wool


Q5. Choose the correct option in the following:

(i) The fibre made up by the chemical treatment of wood pulp is:
(a) Rayon (b) Nylon
(c) Polyester (d) Acrylic

(ii) The first fully synthetic fibre is:


(a) Nylon (b) Polyester
(c) Rayon (d) Acrylic
(iii) The non-stick coating on pans and other cooking utensils is made from:
(a) Rayon (b) Teflon
(c) Melamine (d) PVC

(iv) Polyester is a long chain polymer of a chemical substance called:


(a) Aldehyde (b) Ester
(c) Alcohol (d) Ethene

(v) Which of the following represent the smallest unit of a polymer:


(a) Tetramer (b) Dimer
(c) Monomer (d) Octamer

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