Wood Facts Quiz

Trees that provide "softwoods" are what type of trees?

• Conifers

• Deciduous

Which of the following types of wood is not a hardwood?

• Pine

• Oak

• Maple

• Walnut

Hardwood trees are _____ growing trees, and the wood is ______?

• faster, less dense

• faster, denser

• slower, less dense

• slower, denser

Most commercial grade lumber is ______ dried?

• air

• kiln

A 1x4 piece of nominal lumber is what size when you buy it?

• 1" x 4"

• 1" x 3"

• 3/4" x 3 1/2"

• 3/4" x 3 3/4"

What is a sheet good product that is made of thin layers of wood glued together, with the grains running at right angles of each other?

• Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)

• Oriented Strand board (OSB)

• Hardboard

• Plywood

Coniferous trees have ______ , and give us ________ wood?

• needles, hard

• leaves, soft

• needles, soft

• leaves, hard

What is a sheet good product that is made up of rectangular pieces of wood, held together with a water resistant glue?

• Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)

• Oriented Strand Board (OSB)

• Hardboard (HDF)

• Plywood

What size ids a 2 x 4 dimensional lumber board when you buy it?

• 1 3/4" x 3 3/4"

• 1 3/4" x 3 1/2"

• 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"

• 2" x 4"

Which one of these woods would be good to make outdoor furniture?

• Pine

• Cedar

• Oak

• Poplar