Parts of a Tree
Sawing/Cutting
Hardwoods
Softwoods
Potluri's Puzzles
100
The top of the tree, where the branches and leaves are located.

What is the Crown?

100

Sawing with the grain.

What is Rip Cutting?

100

This Hardwood is a Hard close-grained wood found in North America, Its common uses are Bowling alley lanes and Shadow Boxes.

What is Maple?

100

Christmas Tree species.

What is douglas Fir?
100

What did one hat say to the other?

you stay here, I'll go on a-head!

200

The skin of the tree.

What is Outer Bark?

200

Sawing across the grain.

What is Cross Cutting?

200

Often characterized as a dark wood, the tree produces a delicious and hearty snack.

What is Walnut?

200

Mostly used in construction lumber, railroad ties.

What is Pine?

200

what does e=mc^2 mean?

Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared 

300

Represents one year of growth, springwood/summerwood

What are Annual Rings?

300

The log is cut in layers at the sawmill.

What is Plain-Sawn lumber?

300

A hardwood with a light color and softer in Janka hardness than others. Uses are defined as a Utility Wood.

What is Poplar?

300

Has a distinct sweet smell, used to detract insects, has a red tint.

What is Aromatic Red Cedar?

300
Recite first 10 digits of pi

3.1415926535

400

Gathers Raw materials for the tree.

What are Roots?

400

Lumber that is cut into quarters, then layers.

What is Quarter Sawn Lumber?

400

A tropical wood with a open-grain, chosen for its looks, found in West Africa.

What is African Mahogany?

400

Very pungent spicy, cinnamon smell. Reminds Mr. Potluri of the beach

What is Spanish cedar?

400

Where did Potluri go to College?

PITT STATE GO GORILLAS

500
The technical term for the Sapwood of a tree, the living tissue.

What is the Xylem?

500

Lumber that is cut into quarters and then the cut along the radials.

What is Rift-Sawn Lumber?
500

A super soft hardwood, found in tropical regions.

What is Balsa?

500

Term describing softwoods, means cone-bearing.

What is Coniferous?
500

What is Mr. Potluri's Favorite color?

Green

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