Silk And Nylon Jeopardy Template

Early History of Silk & The Silkworm	The Silk Road (content is from Crash Course)	Chemical Structure of Silk	Properties of Silk	History of Artificial Silk
100 Light-brown What color is a silkworm?	100 It spread diseases, notably the Black Plague How did the silk road cause many deaths?	100 The R group Which group changes in each amino acid in the amino acid chains of silk?	100 The uniform pleated structure makes silk a good reflector Why is silk lustrous?	100 Possible answers: lines, nets, tennis rackets, and surgical stitches, tire cords, mosquito netting, weather balloons, ropes, and parachutes, clothing, carpets, furnishings, sails, and skiwear What are three things nylon was used to make?
200 Eggs were put on trays, and then fed mulberry leaves. When they form cocoons, they are killed and boiled to extract the silk threads How was silk manufactured after it was discovered?	200 No, they usually sold their goods to other merchants at towns along the way, and marked up prices at each town as they got closer to the destination Did merchants travel the whole silk road?	200 Peptide bond What bond is responsible for linking the units in the amino acid chains of silk?	200 The pleated sheet structure, along with the similarly sized R groups make it a uniform surface, giving it a smooth feel Why is silk smooth?	200 The US entered World War 2 Why was production of nylon for consumers suddenly halted?
300 They hid mulberry seeds and silkworms in hollowed-out canes How did the monks smuggle silk production out of China?	300 Incense, teas, sugar, spices, porcelain, ideas What is one good that was traded along the silk road that was not silk?	300 A large molecule composed of amino acid chains What is a protein?	300 The irregularities in silk’s pleated structure create flashes of brightness Why does silk sparkle?	300 It was highly flammable Why was Chardonnet's artificial silk initially unsuccessful?
400 A mulberry tree What kind of leaves do silkworms eat?	400 The ruling elite hated it, and tried to ban it. The common people loved it Did the Romans like silk clothing?	400 A pleated sheet structure What kind of structure do the chains of silk form?	400 Some of the 15-20% of the R groups in silk that aren’t H, CH3, and CH2OH can chemically bond to dye molecules Why can silk be dyed easily?	400 Artificial means 'made to imitate something natural'. Synthetic describes something that is made by humans and replicates exactly the chemical structure of something natural. What is the difference between the word 'synthetic' and 'artificial'?
500 She was sipping tea under a tree and a silk cocoon fell in the tea and unraveled. How did Empress Hsi-Ling-Shi discover silk?	500 Buddhism What religion was spread through the Silk Road?	500 H, CH3, and CH2OH Which three R groups are most common in silk?	500 The bonds in silk are permanent and after adjusting the angles they will always return to their original state Why is silk resistant to permanent stretching?	500 Nylon is not made of amino acids, it is made of diaminohexane and adipic acid. These molecules don't have COOH on one end and NH2 on the other. What is the difference between Nylon and Silk?

Silk and Nylon

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