Smart Woods - DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

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WOODS’ APP, FROM THE INTERACTIVE MOBILE APP

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1 THREE TYPES OF FOREST ARE LISTED BELOW. DESCRIBE THEIR

LOCATION IN THE WORLD

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research / complete answers to all the questions.

NAME THE WOODS FOUND IN BOREALFORESTS

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AWORLD DISTRIBUTIONOF NATURAL WOODS

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SHADE THE AREAS THAT ARE HOME TO BOREAL, RAIN AND TEMPERATE FORESTS. CLEARLY INDICATE THE COLOUR

SELECTED FOR EACH TYPE OF FOREST.

BOREAL FORESTS

RAIN FORESTS

TEMPERATE FORESTS

WHAT ARE THESE WOODS USED TO MANUFACTURE?

NAME SOME OF THE EXOTIC WOODS FOUND IN RAIN FORESTS

4 TEMPERATE FORESTS TEND TO BEMADE UP OF ‘DECIDUOUS’ TREES.

WHAT ARE DECIDUOUS TREES?

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NAME TWO DECIDUOUS WOODS

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1 DESCRIBE THE FIRST STAGE OF TIMBERPREPARATION, CARRIED OUT BY A

FORESTRY WORKER.

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BPREPARATION OF TIMBER

FOR COMMERCIAL USE


THE FIRST STAGE OF ‘CONVERSION’ OF TIMBER, IS TO SAWTHE TREES INTO USABLE ‘BOARDS. NAME THE TWO TYPES

OF SAWING SHOWN BELOW

NAME THE MACHINERY USED TO SAW THE TREES INTO SECTIONS

SHOWN IN QUESTION 3.

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AFTER CUTTING DOWN, WHY ARE TREESSTACKED AND STORED IN THE FOREST?

THE FIRST STAGE OF CONVERSION IS A PROCESS CALLED:


















1 SEASONING WOOD, REMOVES WATERFROM THE TREE / BOARDS AFTER

CUTTING/SAWING. WHAT IS AIR SEASONING?

2


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LINK

CSEASONING OF NATURAL

WOOD


THIS DIAGRAM REPRESENTS KILN SEASONING. IN THE NEXT BOX, DESCRIBE THE PROCESS

YOUR EXPLANATION OF KILN SEASONING. OTHER FORMS OF SEASONING ARE:SOLAR SEASONING, MICROWAVE

SEASONING AND CHEMICAL SEASONING.SELECT ONE AND DESCRIBE IT BELOW

3

DRAW A DIAGRAM / SKETCH THATREPRESENTS AIR SEASONING.

SEASONING:


















1 WHAT IS ROUGH SAWN TIMBER?

3


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DINITIAL PREPARATION

AFTER SEASONING


NAME THE EQUIPMENT BELOW. THEY ARE USED TO PREPARE TIMBER FOR COMMERCIAL USE.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ‘PAR’? AFTER PREPARATION, HOW IS PLANEDWOOD CHECKED FOR ACCURACY?

5

WHAT IS PLANED TIMBER AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM ROUGH SAWN?

WHERE IS ROUGH SAWN TIMBER LIKELY TO BE USED?

2

POWERBREAKER

ROUGH SAWING PRODUCING ACCURATE EDGES

NAME: NAME:

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ‘PBS’?

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EWOOD

STOCK FORMS


NAME THE STANDARD FORM SHOWN BELOW MANMADE BOARDS ARE SUPPLIED AS ‘SHEETS’. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN ‘FULL’ AND ‘HALF’ BOARDS?

WHAT IS VENEER?5

SKETCH A RECTANGULAR SECTIONBOARD? LABEL THE ‘LENGTH’ AND

‘SECTION’.

2

NAME:

4

WHY DO YOU THINK WOOD ISPROCESSED INTO STANDARD FORMS?

SECTION

diameter x length

LENGTH

WHAT ARE MOULDS?














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