Plastics Properties and Processes

What are the two main categories of plastics?

• Thermoplastic and Heat-setting Plastic

• Heat-melting Plastic and Thermosetting Plastic

• Thermoplastic and Thermosetting Plastic

• Hot-melt plastic and Thermosetting Plastic

Which category of plastic melts when you heat it?

• Hot-melt Plastic

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

• Heat-melt Plastic

An ice cube in a hot frying pan best describes which type of plastic?

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

• Heat-melt Plastic

• Hot-melt Plastic

Which category of plastic does not melt when you heat it?

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

• Heat-setting Plastic

• Hot-melt Plastic

A pancake booking on a stove best describes which type of plastic?

• Heat-setting Plastic

• Hot-melt Plastic

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

A plastic bag falls into which category of plastic?

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

• Heat-setting Plastic

• Hot-melt Plastic

A car tire falls into which category of plastic?

• Thermoplastic

• Thermosetting Plastic

• Heat-setting Plastic

• Hot-melt plastic

The most common plastic process which injects melted plastic into a metal mold is called what?

• Extrusion

• Blown Film

• Injection Molding

• Blow Molding

Which plastic process continuously compresses melted plastic through an opening (called a die) to create a long plastic piece that can then be cut to length?

• Extrusion

• Injection Molding

• Blow Molding

• Blown Film

Which plastic process blows air into a melted plastic tube ans is used to make plastic bottles?

• Extrusion

• Injection Molding

• Blow Molding

• Blown Film