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Silk Exam with Questions and Answers Why is silk a valued fabric? ANSWER softness sheen strength insulating properties absorbent 3 natural fibers besides silk used to make textiles? ANSWER linen cotton wool Arthropod besides silkworm that makes silk? ANSWER spiders How does wild silk worm differ from domestic silk worm? ANSWER domestics cannot survive on their own at all How has silkworm changed through domestication? What has each change done to silk production? ANSWER larg...

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Ancient China: Silk Exam with Questions and Answers Who discovered sericulture (the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk)? ANSWER Leizu (Wife of the Yellow Emperor) How did Leizu discover sericulture? ANSWER A silkworm cocoon fell into her tea, and the heat unwrapped the silk. Silkworms eat leaves from _________ trees. ANSWER mulberry What do you boil before unraveling silk? ANSWER cocoons What dies when you boil the cocoons? ANSWER the silkworm (pupa) What two classes of p...

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SILK Sericulture - Answer- Cultivation of the silkworm Silk -> only natural filament fiber that has significant commercial value. Produced by the "silkworm", can be obtained either from cultivated silkworms or wild species. 4 basic stages of development - Answer- 1. Laying of the eggs by the silk moth 2. Hatching of the eggs into caterpillars, which feed on mulberry leaves 3. Spinning of the cocoon by the caterpillar 4. Emerging from the silk moth from the cocoon Process ...

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Silk Exam 1 with Questions and Answers It takes silk from how many cocoons to produce a single kimono? ANSWER 2,000 cocoons Each silkworm spins 2 silk strands that are held together by a gummy protein substance know as? ANSWER Sericin By the 4th century BC, who is said to have introduced silk to Europe ANSWER Alexander the Great What is the cultivation of silkworms for the purpose of producing silk called? ANSWER Sericulture China produces what percent of the worlds silk ANSWER 80...

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