Year 7 - Lesson 2 - Structure of timbers

Softwoods are grown in...

• Alpine forests

• Temperate forests

• Tropical forests

Hardwoods are grown in...

• Alpine forests

• Temperate forests

• Tropical forests

When trees have a wider gap between rings it is because...

• There has been more rainfall that year

• There has been less rainfall that year

• There has been more rainfall than month

• There has been less rainfall that month

When trees have a narrower gap between rings it is because...

• There has been more rainfall that year

• There has been less rainfall that year

• There has been more rainfall than month

• There has been less rainfall that month

The darker lines on a piece of timber is called

• Grain

• Knot

• End grain

• Rings

The darker circle on a piece of timber is called

• Grain

• Knot

• End grain

• Rings

Hardwoods have

• broad leaves, which they lose in the winter.

• broad leaves, which they keep in the winter.

• needle-like leaves, which they lose in the winter.

• needle-like leaves, which they keep in the winter.

Softwoods have

• broad leaves, which they lose in the winter.

• broad leaves, which they keep in the winter.

• needle-like leaves, which they lose in the winter.

• needle-like leaves, which they keep in the winter.

Hardwoods grow

• slower than softwoods

• faster than softwoods

The grain in softwood is

• closer together than the grain in hardwoods

• further apart than the grain in hardwoods