Test your knowledge with free interactive questions on Seneca — used by over 10 million students.

Cardboard and Paper

Paper does not have good resistance to forces and stress, whereas cardboard is often corrugated and shows good resistance to forces.

Cardboard and paper

Cardboard and paper

  • Cardboard is often corrugated and shows good resistance to forces.
  • The strength of cardboard allows it to be used to package products and protect them.
  • On the other hand, paper does not have good resistance to forces and stress. However, these can be enhanced with other materials added to paper such as polymers e.g. laminating.
Foam board

Foam board

  • Foam board is a common example of combining two materials for a purpose.
  • Foam gives the thickness but is held by two layers of gloss paper.
  • This can then be used for presentation boards as it retains a high quality and professional feel without the weight that thicker boards and cards possess.
Corrugated board

Corrugated board

  • Corrugated board uses waves between two sheets which resists impact and force and so protects the product that it is packaging.
  • Interestingly, corrugated cardboard is used to package paper.
  • Resistance to compression is required when using a paper trimmer to cut through the material.
Lamination

Lamination

  • Lamination can be used to protect and make the work waterproof by sandwiching two layers of clear plastic using heat or cold-based methods.
Jump to other topics
1

Core Technical Principles

2

Paper & Board: Specialist Technical Principles

3

Timber: Specialist Technical Principles

4

Metal: Specialist Technical Principles

5

Polymers: Specialist Technical Principles

6

Textiles: Specialist Technical Principles

7

Designing & Making Principles

Practice questions on Cardboard & Paper

Can you answer these? Test yourself with free interactive practice on Seneca — used by over 10 million students.

  1. 1
Answer all questions on Cardboard & Paper

Unlock your full potential with Seneca Premium

  • Unlimited access to 10,000+ open-ended exam questions

  • Mini-mock exams based on your study history

  • Unlock 800+ premium courses & e-books

Get started with Seneca Premium