NAME:

Kenana
The International Schools of CLASS:
Kenana
DATE

1. What is sericulture?

A process of sewing silk B process of breeding silk worms

process of cultivating silk process of making silk

2. The silk worm is the of the Bombyx Mori moth.

A larva B moth

c caterpillar D cOCOon

3. What does the figure on page 3 show you?

|A the cycle of making silk B types of bugs

life cycle of a butterfly D life cycle of the moth

4. Whydo more bombyx morieggs develop into larvae than do the eggs of other silk
moths?

They produce more and stronger eggs

A They produce less eggs than other moths B than other moths

They protect their eggs better than other

moths D They have no natural predictors

5. What does mutated mean?

A evolved B many

charge D muted
 6. Which is NOTa reason the bombyx morisilk is better than other silk?
the larvae eat different leaves than other
A It is whiter than other silk B
moths

a single filament from the cocoon is very

it is stronger and breaks less often D long

7. Which country is the leading producer of silk?

|A india |B Japan

United State D China

8. What is one method created to speed up the processof creating silk?

A sewing B spinning

c reeling D Larvae breeding

9. Throwing involves twisting several filaments together to form thread.

A False B True

10. When did Chinese sericulture spread to Korea?

A 3,000 AD B 200 BC

2020 D 300 AD

11. How did the Jaqcuard loom help the production of silk?

people no longer had to produce

|B weavers could create complex designs
filaments

c silk could be dyed in more colors D more silk could be made

12. What is the cause of having more affordable silk products?

costs went up and more workers were

A the United States could start selling silk needed

costs went down and more workers were costs went down and less workers were
D
needed needed