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What is the primary function of wood structure in a tree?
Provide support and strength for the tree's growth
Attract insects for pollination
Store water for the tree
Provide shade for the tree
What are the main components of wood ?
Iron, steel, and aluminum
Water, air, and sunlight
Plastic, rubber, and glass
Cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin
How does the structure of hardwood differ from softwood?
Hardwood has a less dense and less complex structure compared to softwood.
Hardwood has a similar structure to softwood.
Hardwood has a denser and more complex structure compared to softwood.
Hardwood has a lighter and simpler structure compared to softwood.
What is the role of growth rings in wood structure?
They are a sign of disease in the tree
They are used for water storage in the tree
They indicate the age of the tree and provide information about its growth patterns.
They are a result of insect infestation
What are the characteristics of earlywood and latewood in wood structure?
Earlywood has larger cells and is lighter in color, while latewood has smaller cells and is darker in color.
Earlywood is darker in color and has smaller cells, while latewood is lighter in color and has larger cells.
Earlywood has smaller cells and is lighter in color, while latewood has larger cells and is darker in color.
Earlywood and latewood have the same size cells but different colors.
How can you identify the type of wood based on its structure?
Microscopic examination or using a hand lens
By smelling the wood
By listening to the wood
By tasting the wood
What are the different types of wood cells and their functions in wood structure?
Tracheids, vessel elements, fibers, and parenchyma cells are the different types of wood cells. Tracheids and vessel elements are responsible for water transport, fibers provide mechanical support, and parenchyma cells store and transport nutrients.
Xylem, phloem, cambium, and pith cells. Xylem and phloem cells provide mechanical support, cambium is responsible for water transport, and pith cells store and transport nutrients.
Sclerenchyma, collenchyma, chlorenchyma, and aerenchyma cells. Sclerenchyma and collenchyma cells are responsible for water transport, chlorenchyma provides mechanical support, and aerenchyma cells store and transport nutrients.
Epidermal, cork, companion, and guard cells. Epidermal and cork cells provide mechanical support, companion cells are responsible for water transport, and guard cells store and transport nutrients.
Explain the concept of grain in wood structure.
The color of the wood
The age of the tree
The type of finish applied to the wood
The direction of the wood fibers.
What are the factors that affect the structure of wood?
Color of the wood
Age of the tree
Type of soil
Growth conditions, species of tree, and the presence of defects or damage
How can understanding wood structure help in woodworking and carpentry?
It has no impact on woodworking and carpentry
It helps in identifying the best techniques for cutting, shaping, and joining wood.
It helps in identifying the best techniques for painting and varnishing wood
Understanding wood structure is not important for woodworking and carpentry
When you utilize the wood, you mitigate climate change.How?
When we utilize the wood, we are preserving the carbon
When we utilize the wood, carbon in the form of methane became part of the pollutants
When we utilize the wood, we are using the chemicals that emits carbon to the atmosphere
.All wood from Softwoods are
soft
hard
gymnosperms
Angiosperms
It provides rigidity to the structure of the wood, it is also the cementing substance in wood
Cellulose
extractives
lignin
phloem
BONUS:
If you would rate your satisfaction in gaining knowledge in this subject, what rating would you give?
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It serves as the main framework of the structure of the cell
lignin
extractives
Cellulose
phloem
Wood is _______substance which means it has the ability to gain or loss moisture.
microscopic
exotic
hygroscopic
anisotropic
Gymnosperms are commercially known as _________.
hardwoods
heartwood
softwoods
sapwood
Conifers are NOT____.
Gymnosperms
evergreens
softwoods
hardwoods
Wood is a material of plant origin characterized by fibrous structure and largely made up of lignin, hemicellulose and ____
essential oil
pith
sapwood
cellulose
Conifers are the sources of ____ lumber.
hardwood
soft
hard
softwood
Sapwood is generally ____ than heartwood.
harder
stronger
darker in color
lighter in color
. Mahogany(Swietenia macrophylla) belongs to the
Philippine Mahogany Group(PMG)
C and F
Premium
LUS
Molave and Kamagong belongs to ________DAO Group(timber Groupings)
Construction and Furniture
Premium
LUS
P and M
We can find ____extractives in the sapwood than heartwood.
less
more
zero
large amount of
The wood belonging to Premium timber groupings are primarily used for _____
paper making and matchsticks
high grade furniture
firewood
lumber
These are crystal/cyst-like structure found inside the pores/vessels.
tylosis
deposits
pith
parenchyma
It is also called ash test; involve burning a splinter of the heartwood, of matchstick-size, in still air and noting the appearance of the residue, maybe charcoal partial ash, or complete/full ash.
Frothing test
Flourescence test
Splinter test
Bubble test
You are a DENR officer assigned at the checkpoint. A truck of freshly cut lumber is going to pass through you. The owner of the lumber declared that the woods are planted species like mahogany and falcata. But you suspect that it has some premium narra ( a species not allowed to cut if without a permit) underneath. What are you going to do?
Ash test
Florescence test
Splinter test
Bubble
Parenchyma cells are storage of _____
food
water
deposits
extractives
These are the part of the tree who distributes food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant.
xylem
phloem
pith
bark
This distribute water from the roots
xylem
phloem
pith
bark
The ___ layer is the thickest layer of the secondary wall.
S1
S2
S3
primary wall
A _____is a recess in the secondary wall of the cell, open of the lumen on one side and including the membrane closing the recess on the other side.
Pit
vessel
pith
torus
It is the thickened portion of the pit membrane of bordered pits.
Margo
torus
pith
pit aperture
Refers to any irregularity or deviation from the qualities that make a wood suitable for a particular purpose.
(a)
These are Tests used in wood identification, except
ash test
splinter test
frothing test
diagnostic test
The easiest among the methods of Wood Identification
Asking an expert
Using photographs
comparing with unknown samples in wood libraries
Using dichotomous key
There are thousands of different extractives present in wood
true
false
are substance contained in all species of wood and other plant tissues in varying amounts, that can be removed without affecting the cell wall composition by suitable solvent (e.g. hot water , toluene-ethanol, sodium hydroxide), steam distillation or natural or inflicted wounds
Extractives
water
cellulose
lignin
is a hard, lustrous, yellow, brown or nearly white and more or less insoluble in solvents but is rendered soluble by melting prior to varnish manufacture, A resin exudates of Almaciga(Agathis philippinensis)
manila copal
balau
manila elemi
turpentine
the most important Dipterocarp resin, a resinous oil obtained from Apitong (Dipterocarpus grandiflorus), and Panau (Dipterocarpus verniciflus) and a semilar resin from Palosapis (Anisoptera thurifera)
balau
gutta percha
manila copal
brea blanca
it is secreted in the bark and oozes out from the trunk in the white masses of Piling liitan (Canarium luzonicum)
manila elemi
manila copal
balau
gutta percha
are exudates obtained from coniferous trees
turpentine
balau
manila copal
hard resin
is a mixture of fragrant, volatile compounds, named after the plant where it was derived.
essential oil
dye
turpentine
balau
The cellubiose is the repeating unit from two glucose of opposite orientation to each other linked by
β (1-4 ) linkage
a (1-4 ) linkage
gamma 1-4
An enzyme found in termites, goat, carabao and cow .They have organism in their stomach who make and store this enzyme to degrade cellulose into glucose
cellulase
amylase
ptyalin
saliva
Which of the following statement is incorrect about cellulose and hemicellulose?
Cellulose is homopolysaccharide while hemicellulose are heteropolysaccharide.
Cellulose has higher molecular weight than hemicellulose
he Degree of Polymerization in cellulose is up to 10000 while only 200 in hemicellulose
ellulose is a straight molecule while hemicellulose is branched
Cellulose can be easily dissolved by different chemicals but hemicellulose cannot be easily dissolved using ordinary solvent
The scientific name of the species producing Agarwood which is regarded as most expensive tree in the Philippines and its family
Aquilaria malaccensis- Thymelaeaceae
Aquilaria malacasis- Thymelaeaceae
Aquilaria cumingiana- Myrtaceae
Aquilaria cuminiana-Meliaceae
Water passes through the _____ of the xylem
vessels
tracheid
wood rays
phloem
the center part of the tree which contains a lot of starch
pith
pitch
pit
rays
Growth in woody plants occurs in
apical meristem in shoot tips and vascular cambium
heartwood
dead tree
A diffuse porous wood
mahogany
narra
teak
gmelina
The bamboo and coconut contains a lot of ___ that results to higher ash content if you burn their woods
silica
extractives
water
carbon
It is the branch of forestry that deals with knowing the identity of the unknown wood by comparing the samples with an already known kind
Wood Structure
Wood Identification
Plant Identification
Taxonomy
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