Chipboard is made by gluing which material to form flat sheets?

• A. Sawdust
• B. Plywood
• C. Plastic pellets
• D. Wood chips

Answer: (D)

Chipboard is formed by binding wood particles together with an adhesive and pressing them into flat sheets. The material used is wood chips or other small wood particles, which gives the board its name and its characteristic texture. Sawdust, while a wood particle, is finer and not what the term chipboard emphasizes. Plywood is made from thin wood veneers glued in layers, not from chip-like particles. Plastic pellets would make a plastic board, not a wood-based one. So the material that best fits the process of making chipboard is wood chips.