Worn, warm, or wicked strong
Cellulose fibers come from this agricultural source.
What are plant sources? Specifically: Cotton- Hemp- Linen
These trees keep their needles all year long and are the source of most softwood lumber.
What are coniferous trees?
This agricultural commodity comes from trees anf is used to build homes and furniture.
What is timber; lumber?
This state is the largest maple syrup producer in the United States.
What is Vermont?
This type of corn is most commonly grown in the US and is used for products from animal feed, to corn syrup, to adhesives.
What is dent corn?
This fabric property describes how well a material lets air pass through.
What is breathability?
Coniferous trees produce this fruiting structure where their seeds are held.
What are cones?
This measurement helps explain why some wood is stronger and heavier than others.
What is density?
This species of Maple tree is most commonly tapped for syrup.
What is the Sugar Maple?
This term describes a raw agricultural product grown or raised on a farm.
What is an agricultural commodity?
This plant is used to make linen fabric.
What is the flax plant?
This type of tree loses its leaves in the winter and is usually the source of hardwood products.
What is deciduous tree?
This job involves felling trees in the forest and cutting logs into boards.
What is a sawyer?
This temperature cycle is required for sap to flow during the tapping season.
What is the freeze-thaw cycle?
This is the official state tree of New York.
What is the sugar maple tree?
This fabric property tells us how resistant a material is to heat.
What is fire resistance?
This type of wood is usually denser and often used for furniture or flooring.
What is hardwood?
This type of wood is made by gluing smaller pieces together.
What is composite wood?
Sap becomes syrup by removing nearly 98% of this substance.
What is water?
This type of plant has ONE seed leaf emerge when germinating.
What is a monocot: monocotyledon?
This fabric could be recommended for a welder to withstand heat, be resistant to fire and resistant to wear.
What is leather?
Name one deciduous tree and one coniferous tree.
What are maple, oak, walnut etc. and white pine, cedar, juniper, spruce etc.
Conifer trees or softwood trees are good for the lumber industry because they have this quality.
This quality can be observed when looking at the rings of the tree.
What is grow fast?
This is the name for the small metal tap that is gently hammered into the trunk of the tree during maple syrup season.
What is a spile?
This is the first part of a plant to emerge during germination.
What is the root?