Farming Coast to coast
This word describes raw farm products that the US grows to be sold or traded.
What is commodity or agricultural commodity?
This agricultural commodity comes from trees and is used to build homes and furniture.
What is timber?
This state is the largest maple syrup producer in the United States.
What is Vermont?
Cellulose fibers come from this agricultural source.
What are plant sources?
These trees keep their needles all year long.
What are coniferous trees?
This state is home to the largest Christmas tree farm in the world.
What is Oregon?
This type of tree produces softwood with needles for leaves.
What is a coniferous tree?
What is the sugar maple tree?
This fabric property describes how well a material lets air pass through.
What is breathability?
Coniferous trees produce this fruiting structure where the seeds are held.
What are cones?
This crop is the #1 agricultural commodity grown in the United States by volume.
What is corn?
Hardwood usually comes from_____ trees that do this every fall____?
What are deciduous trees that lose their leaves every fall.
This is the name for the small metal tap the is gently hammered into the trunk of the tree.
What is a spile?
This plant is used to make linen fabric.
What is the flax plant?
Conifer trees or softwood trees are good for the lumber industry because they have this quality that can be seen when looking at the rings of the tree.
What is grow fast?
This grain is commonly grown in the Great Plains and used to make bread.
What is wheat?
This measurement helps explain why some wood is stronger and heavier than others.
What is density?
This temperature cycle is required for sap to flow during the tapping season.
What is the freeze-thaw cycle?
This fabric property tells us how resistant a material is to heat.
What is fire resistance?
This tree has leaves that are quite pointy and sharp.
What is a spruce tree?
These three crops are known as the three sisters in agriculture that highlight three growing purposes defining companion planting.
What are corn, beans and squash for support, Nitrogen production, and weed suppression.
Name two different types of deciduous hardwood trees.
What are maple, birch, willow, oak, locust etc...?
Sap becomes syrup be removing most of this substance.
What is water?
This fabric could be recommended for an athlete or a farmer to wick away moisture as well as provide comfort.
What is cotton?
This type of tree is the most popular Christmas tree known for its soft leaves and beautiful smell.
What is Fraser fir?