Ocean City High School – Woodshop

Quiz #8 - 2020 - WOTW #9

Name _______________________________________________Period _______

Num “Wood of the Week” Hard/Soft Specific Project/Application

1 Gun Stocks, Carvings, Lathe turnings (bowls), Flooring
accents, Nut is used for cooking and herbal medicine,
sandblasting engine blocks.
2 Flooring, Trim, Furniture. The nut from this tree is mainly
used for food for wildlife; it is rarely consumed by humans
because of its bitter taste.
3 Tallest Hardwood tree in N. Amer. (80-100’) Grown in
Eastern US from southern NE to N. Florida west to Miss.
River. It grows fast (up to 60’ in 5 years) Used for paperpulp
4 In the 17th and 18th centuries virtually every building
erected by Colonial Americans was constructed with this
tree, both inside and out. Abundance makes it cheap.
5 They mixed the juice of this tree with rum to create Bounce,
a bitter but highly favored cordial. The bark was used in the
production of drugs to treat bronchitis. Darkens in sunlight.
6 This wood is the standard wood for cutting boards because it
imparts no taste to food and holds up well. Think pancakes.

7 Admiral Richard Byrd wore snowshoes made from this wood

during his polar expeditions and early windmills and tennis
rackets were made from this species.
8 This is the only wood of the week that is not native to the
USA. Used in very fine antique furniture. Very expensive.

Word Bank Black Walnut Black Oak White Pine Cypress Phillippine Mahogany
Rock Maple Red Oak Yellow Pine Yellow Poplar Black Cherry
White Ash Cherry Red Cedar Spanish Cedar White Cedar
I’m making a project that requires me to buy a ¾” x 7 ½” x 96” piece of walnut. Lowe’s and Home Depot want to
charge me $2.25 a linear foot for the board while Butcher Bill at OCHS wants to charge me $4.68 per board foot for
the walnut stock. Where should I go to buy the cheaper board? What are the two prices I need to compare? Show
your work. (Worth 10 points)

41. ___________Lowes/Home Depot Price

42. ___________Butcher Bill’s Price
43. ___________Which “Store” am I buying it from?