Woods

Question 1

Properties and uses of Mahogany wood

Answer 1

It’s strong, medium weight timber and decorative and and it’s used for furniture, doors, window frames and staircases

Question 2

Properties and uses of beech wood

Answer 2

Properties, not prone to splitting and it’s non-toxic thus has no taste or odour and it’s use is in situations where the product is to be exposed to a lot of wear and tear

Question 3

Properties and uses of ash wood

Answer 3

Tough and flexible and is used for hockey sticks, cricket stumps, hammer shafts

Question 4

Properties and uses of oak wood

Answer 4

Very hard, strong and durable timber and is quite heavy and is used for kitchen units, furniture and stairs

Question 5

Properties and uses for pine wood

Answer 5

Pale, very little grain and mould for vacuum forming and for furniture

Question 6

Properties and uses for Parana pine wood

Answer 6

Pale creamy brown, heavy and tough and used for staircases, window sill and step ladders

Question 7

Properties and uses of a spruce wood

Answer 7

Very tough and is fairly hard and durable and is used for rafters, newspapers, floor joists, roof joists and coal pit props

Question 8

Properties and uses for Cedar wood

Answer 8

Resists rotting and it can be easily sawed and keeps moths away and is used for closets, chests, boats, pencils and telephone poles

Question 9

Properties and uses for MDF boards

Answer 9

Made from small particles of wood chips glued and composed together to a form sheet and used for making projects such as mechanical toys and boxes

Question 10

Properties and uses for Plywood boards

Answer 10

Extremely strong and get its strength from arrangement of the glued layers and is used for cheap tables and inside of cluboards

Question 11

Properties and uses for chip boards

Answer 11

It tends to be weaker than MDF and plywood.Also a difficult material to cut, join and finish and is used for books and kitchen work tops