because it helps keep the things inside cool
Yes.
It keeps stuff cool
Cloth is a bad conductors/good insulator of heat. Bad conductors keep things warm or cold, so the answer is, because cloth is a bad conductor of heat!
Paper is an insulator- it does not transmit heat well, so it keeps heat in (or out) of things.
Because polystyrene has certain thermal properties that can be used in order to store things and maintain their temperature. When you store ice cubes in polystyrene containers they won't melt and they'll keep cold because the cold they'll generate in the container won't escape, and the heat from outside won't come in.
Things which keep warm things warm and cold things cold are referred to as insulators.
because it helps keep the things inside cool
Turtle
Yes, it can also keep things cold.
The best way to keep something cold is to place it in a cooler that is filled with ice. You can also place things underground to keep them cool or place them in a refrigerator.
To insulate : To keep warm things warm and cold things cold
Polystyrene is a plastic. I think you meant "polystyrene foam", which would be correct.
plastic wrap doesn't keep things cold because i don't even now?
Yes.
polystyrene
because it does