Question

1 Why is rubber called rubber?
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2 Where and by whom was the rubber found?
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3 What did Columbus see?
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4 In which part of the world do rubber trees grow?
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5 Give a suitable title to the above passage,​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Rubber actually got its name when people in Britain figured out that it could be used to erase or "rub out" mistakes made with a pencil. These little blobs of bouncy stretchy stuff used to rub out errors were called "rubbers.
2. The first use of rubber was by the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica.