Woods

Question 1

Two types of wood

Answer 1

Hardwoods
Soft woods

Question 2

What are most hardwoods

Answer 2

Deciduous and drop their leaves in winter

Question 3

Examples of hard woods

Answer 3

Mahogany
Beech
Ash
Walnut
Teak
Birch
Elm
Oak

Question 4

What is mahogany used in

Answer 4

Products that require a decorative finish like :
Furniture
Doors
Window frames
Staircases

Question 5

What is mahogany

Answer 5

Strongbow medium weight timber
Expensive, imported and decorative hardwood

Question 6

What is mahogany veneers used for in many applications

Answer 6

To apply a base material

Question 7

What is beech

Answer 7

A close grained hardwood

Question 8

What situations is beech used for?

Answer 8

Situations where the product is to be exposed to a lot of wear and tear

Question 9

What is beech not prone to

Answer 9

Splitting and it’s non toxic

Question 10

What is beech used for?

Answer 10

Children’s toys
Kitchen utensils
Breadboards
Rolling pin
Wooden spoons
Furniture
Tenon saw handle

Question 11

What are ash colours

Answer 11

Creamy white to light brown

Question 12

What is ash

Answer 12

A long grained timber that’s tough and flexible

Question 13

What is ash used for

Answer 13

Hockey sticks
Cricket stumps
Hammer shafts
Garden tool handles

Question 14

What is the colour of oak

Answer 14

Beige brown colour

Question 15

What is quarter sawn oak noted for

Answer 15

Decorative figuring which shows a sliver fleck effect

Question 16

What is oak

Answer 16

A very hard, strong and durable timber

Question 17

Oak uses

Answer 17

Kitchen units
Furniture
Staircase

Question 18

What are softwood trees

Answer 18

Faster growing trees and have needles instead of leaves

Question 19

What colour are softwoods

Answer 19

Evergreen

Question 20

What do coniferous trees include

Answer 20

Pine
Cedar

Question 21

Where do coniferous wood mostly grow

Answer 21

Canada
Russsia
Scandinavia

Question 22

What is the colour of pine

Answer 22

Pale

Question 23

What is pine used for

Answer 23

Making moulds or vacuum forming
Staircases
Window sills
Step ladders

Question 24

What is spruce commonly known as

Answer 24

Whitewood

Question 25

Where does spruce grow

Answer 25

British isles and Canada

Question 26

What is spruce

Answer 26

A tough material and fairly hard and durable

Question 27

Spruce uses

Answer 27

Rafters
Newspapers
Floor joists
Coal pit props

Question 28

Cedar comes from?

Answer 28

North america

Question 29

What does cedar have

Answer 29

Natural chemical that protects the timber from decay

Question 30

What can be done to cedar

Answer 30

Sawed
Planed and carves

Question 31

Cedar uses

Answer 31

Closets
Chests
Boats
Pencils
Telephone poles

Question 32

Types of man made woods

Answer 32

Plywood
MDF
Chip board

Question 33

What is plywood made from

Answer 33

Layers of thin wood glued one on top of the other to form a sheet

Question 34

What is there always an odd number of in plywood

Answer 34

Layers

Question 35

What does MDF stand for

Answer 35

Medium density fibreboard

Question 36

What is MDF made from

Answer 36

Small particles of wood chips glued and compressed together

Question 37

MDF uses

Answer 37

Mechanical toys and boxes

Question 38

What is chipboard made from

Answer 38

Chips of wood compressed and glued together

Question 39

What is chipboard

Answer 39

Weaker than MDF and plywood
A difficult material to cut