Year 8

What is in your wardrobe?

In this lesson, we will be writing a short report about fabrics in our home. What environmental impact do our wardrobes have?

Year 8

What is in your wardrobe?

In this lesson, we will be writing a short report about fabrics in our home. What environmental impact do our wardrobes have?

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. new and emerging technologies
  2. produce short reports, making suggestions for improvements

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which of these sentences BEST describes water contamination?
Correct answer: When chemicals mix in drinking water.
When not enough water is used in production.
When too much water is used in production.
When water for drinking is used for farming.
Q2.
Which of these fabrics is a SYNTHETIC fabric?
Cotton.
Correct answer: Polyester.
Silk.
Wool.
Q3.
True or false, a life cycle of a material looks at all the stages from when the material is grown to its end of life.
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
True or false, fast fashion is the creation of low cost, high fashion clothing.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Which is the correct spelling?
envirenmental impact.
Correct answer: environmental impact.
environmentall impact.
invironmental impact.
Others

5 Questions

Q1.
What are microfibres?
Large natural fibres that are found when recycling fabric.
Natural based threads that are found in recycled fabric.
Natural threads that are fine.
Correct answer: Plastic based thread, thinner than a human hair.
Q2.
What could less intensive farming help reduce the environmental impact of?
Dyeing fabric.
Fast fashion.
Correct answer: Soil erosion.
Washing clothes.
Q3.
True or false - around 30% of clothing in the average wardrobe has not been worn for at least a year
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
Which of these will reduce your environmental impact?
Wash few clothes on high temperatures.
Washing a few clothes at a time and doing more washes.
Washing clothes on a high temperature setting.
Correct answer: Washing clothes on an eco wash.
Q5.
True or false, buying fast fashion items will help reduce your environmental impact.
Correct answer: False
True