Title: Unit 10 Quiz
Course: HRT 125 Plants and Society > Section: HRT 125 Plants and Society

Q: Who were the first people to create paper to store their ideas?
- Indo-Aryans
- Chinese
- Polynesians
- Sumerians
A: Chinese

Q: What is the fastest growing woody plant?
- Rice
- Jungle vines
- Bamboo
- Douglas Pine
A: Bamboo

Q: The cotton gin _____.
- was invented by Thomas Edison
- was mixed with tonic/quinine water to stop malaria
- allowed cotton to replace tobacco as the dominant crop in the South
- enabled one person to replace 100 workers it had required to remove the seeds from cotton
A: allowed cotton to replace tobacco as the dominant crop in the South

Q: Lumber use by the British was one of the reasons for the Revolutionary War.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Genetically modified cotton _____.
- is used in all parts of the world
- has killed out the boll weevil that decimated the cotton crop in India
- comprises 75% of the entire U.S. cotton crop
- allows up to 80% less pesticides
A: allows up to 80% less pesticides

Q: Trees _____.
- are one of Earth’s largest banks for storing the carbon that gets emitted by natural processes and human activities
- cover 15% of the earth’s land masses
- tie up 66% of all of the stored carbon
- are being restored in Africa; every removed tree is replaced by three seedlings
A: are one of Earth’s largest banks for storing the carbon that gets emitted by natural processes and human activities

Q: Linen _____.
- is the oldest textile material in the world
- was used to wrap Egyptian mummies
- was used as ancient armor
- is used in the creation of U.S. money
- all of the above
A: all of the above

Q: Hemp _____.
- has been banned in most of the world because of its drug uses
- is used for clothing and rope in the U.S.
- was used in the writing of the U.S. Constitution
- none of the above
A: was used in the writing of the U.S. Constitution

Q: Rayon _____.
- is made from wood products
- is made from silk
- is banned because it is too flammable
- is made from the flax plant
A: is made from wood products

Q: Pineapple leaves can be made into clothing.
- True
- False
A: True