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Stuff Every Paper Scout Should Know: free practice in 30-second cards
Stuff Every Paper Scout Should Know
Practice facts for the Pulp and Paper merit badge. Not an official Scouting America credential.
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- What plant gave us the word "paper"?
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Papyrus. The word paper comes from papyrus, an ancient Greek name for the Cyperus papyrus plant used in Egypt.
- How was papyrus sheet made in ancient Egypt?
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Strips of pith pounded together. Thin pith strips were laid in two perpendicular layers and pounded with a mallet into a sheet.
- Who is traditionally credited with inventing paper in China?
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Cai Lun. Cai Lun, a Han dynasty court official, is traditionally credited with inventing paper around 105 CE.
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- What plant gave us the word "paper"?
- How was papyrus sheet made in ancient Egypt?
- Who is traditionally credited with inventing paper in China?
- What materials did Cai Lun reportedly use for paper?
- Where did papermaking spread in the 8th century?
- What powered early pulp mills in Samarkand?
- Which three fibers are traditional in East Asian papermaking?
- What plant makes lokta paper in the Himalayas?
- What feature was well established in European paper by 1300 CE?
- Which machine made continuous rolls of paper in the 19th century?
- What did Charles Fenerty and Friedrich Keller help develop in 1844?
- What is the watery fiber mix in papermaking called?
- What is the wooden frame for handmade paper called?
- What creates the wavy edges on handmade paper?
- What are impressions from sideways screen wires called?
- How are watermarks created in handmade paper?
- What is the step of laying wet fiber on felt called?
- What does the headbox of a Fourdrinier machine do?
- What did John Dickinson invent in 1809?
- What are handsheets in paper mills used for?
- What diameter are TAPPI standard handsheets?
- Which fiber makes paper often valued higher than wood paper?
- What non-plant fiber has been tried experimentally in paper?
- What did the Montgolfier family own before their balloon flights?
- What does the pulp and paper industry do with trees?
- Why does the industry manage forests carefully?
- What is one way paper is changed for new uses?
- What does a pulp mill convert wood into?
- What might you get at a paper mill visit?
- What should you find out about a papermaking career?
- What does a modern paper mill do with pulp slurry?
- Why is papermaking an environmental concern?
- What does clearcutting for pulp affect?
- How many pulp or paper products do you share with your counselor?
- What happens to paper fibers after they are recycled many times?
- What is mill broke?
- What is post-consumer waste?
- What is the process of removing printing ink from recycled paper called?
- What gas can waste paper produce as it breaks down in a landfill?
- What does recycling paper do with the carbon stored in its fibers?
- About how much of felled trees does paper production account for?
- Recycling one ton of newsprint saves about how much wood?
- Why is counting trees saved from recycled paper called meaningless?
- What do most pulp mill operators do to ensure a continuing tree supply?
- What do FSC and PEFC certify about paper?
- What does the EPA say recycling does compared with making virgin paper?
- Which bleaching agents are most common for recycled pulp?
- What does PCF mean for recycled paper?
- What is pulp?
- What is the main raw material for papermaking?
- Why are coniferous trees preferred for pulp? 🔒
- Which of these is a softwood used for paper? 🔒
- Which of these is a hardwood used for paper? 🔒
- What does lignin do in wood? 🔒
- What does chemical pulping do to lignin? 🔒
- What do mechanical pulping methods do to fibers? 🔒
- What is thermomechanical pulp made with? 🔒
- What is the dominant chemical pulping method? 🔒
- What did the recovery boiler let kraft mills do? 🔒
- What is deinked pulp called? 🔒
- What is biopulping being researched to use? 🔒
- Why is pulp bleached? 🔒
- What alternatives to chlorine are used to bleach pulp? 🔒
- What does high lignin content cause in paper? 🔒
- What is cotton and linen pulp widely used for? 🔒
- What is market pulp? 🔒
- Why is 10 percent moisture left in air dry pulp? 🔒
- What is fluff pulp used for? 🔒
- What is the bark of pulpwood used for at a mill? 🔒
- What is the first step of manual papermaking? 🔒
- What is a paper mould's screen made from? 🔒
- What governs the size of a handmade paper sheet? 🔒
- What is the stack of wet mats pressed in? 🔒
- What are impressions from the wires holding sideways wires called? 🔒
- Along what do handmade papers generally fold and tear more evenly? 🔒
- What is a cylinder mould machine partly immersed in? 🔒
- What does a couch roller do on a cylinder mould machine? 🔒
- What is one benefit of using agricultural residue pulp? 🔒