Fun with Fibres
Name the biggest industry where carbon fiber is commonly used for its lightweight and strong properties.
Aerospace
Which startup, founded in 2002 in the USA, aims to revolutionize The car industry?
Tesla Inc.
What is the name of the global movement aimed at promoting environmental conservation and sustainability?
Fridays for future
What has keys but can't open locks, space but no room, and allows you to enter but not go outside?
Keyboard
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberry
What do you call the material around which carbon fibers are embedded?
Matrix
What is the name of the process by which startups secure funding from investors?
Fundraising
Which international agreement aims to limit global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Paris Agreement
What has a head, a tail, is brown and has no legs?
A penny
What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?
42
Carbon fiber is known for its high strength-to-______ ratio
Weight
What is the term for the initial stage of startup funding where founders seek capital to develop their business idea?
Seed phase
What term describes the process of capturing carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources and storing them underground to prevent them from entering the atmosphere?
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
What can be cracked, made, told, and played, but never touched?
A joke
In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of wisdom and warfare?
Athena
What is the process called by which carbon fiber is created from polymer fibers?
Carbonization
What startup, founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in 1997, originally started as a DVD rental-by-mail service?
Netflix Inc.
What term describes the practice of designing products to be reused or recycled at the end of their lifespan to minimize waste?
Circular economy
I am tall when I'm young, and short when I'm old. What am I?
A candle
Which English mathematician is known as the "Father of Computer Science"?
Alan Turing
What material is primarily used to produce carbon fiber?
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)
What term describes the stage in a startup's lifecycle when it experiences exponential growth in revenue and expands its operations?
Hypergrowth phase
Name one method for assessing and quantifying the environmental impact of products or processes.
Life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon footprint analysis, or environmental impact assessment (EIA)
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter "M"
What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Hummingbird