Fiber And Textile Vocabulary

Question 1

Amorphous

Answer 1

without a defined shape; fibers are composed of a loose arrangement of polymers that are soft, elastic, and absorbing

Question 2

Crystalline

Answer 2

geometrically shaped; fibers are composed of polymers packed side by side, which makes them stiff and strong

Question 3

Direct Transfer

Answer 3

the passing of evidence, such as a fiber, from victim to suspect or vice versa.

Question 4

Fiber

Answer 4

the smallest individual unit of a textile; it must be 100 times longer than wide

Question 5

Monomer

Answer 5

small, repeating molecules that can link to form polymers

Question 6

Natural Fiber

Answer 6

from animal, Plants, and minerals mined from the ground

Question 7

Polymer

Answer 7

A substance composed of long chains of repeating molecules(or monomers)

Question 8

secondary Transfer

Answer 8

the transfer of evidence, such as a fiber, from a source (for example, a carpet) to a person (suspect), and then to another person (victim)

Question 9

Synthetic fiber

Answer 9

Manufactured: from chemical compounds

Question 10

textile

Answer 10

A flexible, flat material made from interlacing yarns (or threads)