Wood

Question 1

How many types of wood are there

Answer 1

3

Question 2

What are the 3 types of wood

Answer 2

Hardwood
Softwood
Man made boards

Question 3

How can you remember the names of hard woods

Answer 3

BAMO.
B beech
A ash
M mahogany
O oak

Bamo sounds like bamboo which is hard.

Question 4

What type of wood area most expensive

Answer 4

Hard woods

Question 5

What can mahogany wood be used for

Answer 5

Furniture

doors, window frames, staircases.

Question 6

What can beech wood be used for

Answer 6

Children’s toys and kitchen utensils

Breadboards, Rolling Pins, Wooden Spoons, Furniture

Question 7

What can ash wood be used for

Answer 7

Sport equipment

Hockey sticks, Cricket stumps,

Question 8

What can oak wood be used for

Answer 8

It’s string so you can use it for kitchen units, furniture and staircases

Question 9

What is the easiest wood to work with

Answer 9

Soft wood

Question 10

What is a way to remember soft woods

Answer 10

P. Pine
P. Parana Pine
S. Spruce
C. Cedar

Question 11

What can pine be used for

Answer 11

Furniture

Question 12

What can Parana pine be used for

Answer 12

Staircases, Window Sills, Step ladders
It is very heavy

Question 13

What is spruce wood used for

Answer 13

Newspapers, Floor Joists, Roof Joists

Question 14

What is cedar wood used for

Answer 14

Closets, chests, boats, pencils and Telephone Poles

Question 15

What is an advantage of man made boards

Answer 15

can be stronger than solid timber because of the arrangement of the grain.

Question 16

What is a disadvantage of man made woods

Answer 16

They are difficult to join using normal wood joints and often require special fixings. Nailing and screwing into the edge can be a problem, as the boards tend to split apart as the screw or nail goes in.

Question 17

How can you remember man made woods

Answer 17

C. Chip board
P. Plywood
M. MDF

Question 18

Plywood

Answer 18

Plywood is made from layers of thin wood glued one on top of the other to form a sheet.
Plywood is extremely strong and it gets this strength from the arrangement of the glued layers. The grain of each layer is at 90 degrees to that of the next layer.
There are always an odd number of layers.

Question 19

Chip board

Answer 19

This is made from chips of wood compressed and glued together. It tends to be weaker than MDF and plywood. Chipboard is also a difficult material to cut, join and finish because the chips can separate when you try to screw or nail into the edges.

Question 20

MDF

Answer 20

MDF stands for medium density fibreboard. It is made from small particles of wood chips glued and compressed together to form a sheet. While MDF is not as strong as plywood it is cheaper and very useful for making projects such as mechanical toys and boxes

Question 21

What does MDF stand for

Answer 21

Medium density fireboard

Question 22

Name as many hardwoods as you can

Answer 22

Mahogany, Beech, Ash, Walnut, Teak, Birch, Elm, and Oak.