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How Boxes are Made: A Game for Lance

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  • What do human workers do in the factory?
    cut the boxes by hand
    cut sponges to put around the blades & check for quality
    feed the boxes through the machines
  • What do you call the 2 flat sheets on a cardboard box?
    cloths
    tables
    liners
  • What do you call the flexible metal tongs that separate the boards into layers?
    fingers
    toes
    legs
    arms
  • A flexographic printer can adds drawings or illustrations to a box. What can a lithograph print?
    3-D images
    photographs
    hologram
  • What gets added to the boxes for logos and pictures?
    ink
    fabric
    colored paper
  • What are cardboard boxes made out of?
    recycled food
    recycled paper
    recycled clothes
  • What is the wavy sheet of paper that is between 2 flat sheets on a cardboard box called?
    flute
    clarinet
    tuba
  • How many boxes are made per minute?
    300
    10
    90
    1 million
  • What is the glue made out of?
    water and starch
    water and sugar
    water and flour
  • The word perforate was used in the video, such as the trimmer perforates the boards. What does perforate mean?
    to flatten
    to squeeze
    to make holes in
  • How many boards can be stacked up per hour?
    8,000
    55
    200
    200,000
  • What happens to the scraps that get cut from the boxes?
    they get recycled into more boxes
    they get burned
    they get thrown away