5. Source Natural Origin Europe, Scandinavia Properties and features: Easy to work, relatively cheap, readily available. May contain knots, which weaken the wood. May contain resin pockets. Uses: Furniture, window frames, panelling, floors and roofing, the resin of is a source of turpentine. Type of wood Soft

6. Uses: Good-quality furniture, interior woodwork. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin Europe Properties and features: Tough and durable. Finishes well but stains in contact with steel.

7. Uses: Tool handles, sports equipment, wooden ladders. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin Europe Properties and features: Tough and flexible – can be bent if steamed. Open grain.

8. Source Natural Uses: Some furniture, especially chairs; toys; wooden parts of tools. Type of wood Hard Origin Europe Properties and features: Close-grained, hard- wearing and strong. Finishes well.

9. Source Natural Uses: Main timber used for plywood. Type of wood Hard Origin Europe & North America Properties and features: Fairly soft and easy to work. Open grain.

10. Uses: Good-quality furniture. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin Europe & North America Properties and features: Fairly close grain. Easy to work.

11. Uses: Indoor and outdoor furniture. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin Europe & North America Properties and features: Open and sometimes interlocking grain. Tough and durable, resists splitting, durable in water.

12. Uses: Garden furniture, science benches. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin West Africa Properties and features: Strong, fairly hard, durable, open grain.

13. Uses: Good-quality furniture. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin Equatorial countries Properties and features: Durable and easy to work but with some difficult interlocking grain. Alternatives woods include sapele and utile.

14. Uses: Interior joinery. Used for making plywood. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin South-Eastern Asia Properties and features: Fairly strong and durable. Splits easily when sawing.

15. Uses: Some parts of furniture; the core of plywood. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin West Africa Properties and features: Soft, light, not very durable, straight, open grain.

16. Uses: Good quality furniture. Source Natural Type of wood Hard Origin West Africa Properties and features: Hard and closed grained, often stripy grain pattern.

17. Type of wood Hard Uses: High-quality indoor and outdoor furniture; boat-building; science benches. Source Natural Origin Indian subcontinent Properties and features: Strong and durable. Resistant to moisture. Colour darkens when exposed to light.

18. Production: Tiny particles of timber are glued together and compressed with a resin adhesive. Cost Low Uses: Furniture, kitchen units, flooring. Source Man Made Properties: A solid and stable board that has a wide range of uses and can be produced economically. Easily damaged by moister.

19. Production: By laminating several smaller pieces of timber, a single large, strong, structural member is manufactured from smaller pieces. Cost High Uses: Used for roof, lintel and floor beams, columns and rafters in almost any type of structure. Source Man Made Properties: Very strong. More environmentally friendly that concrete/steel beams. Can be shaped.

20. Production: Thin laminates of wood glued together. Each layer is at right angle to the grain of the other. Cost Low Uses: Furniture and toys. Interior and external varies available. Source Man Made Properties: Flat, stable boards with constant strength and thickness. Quite flexible, especially if there are thinner sheets.

21. Uses: Often used in kitchens when a protective and decorative surface has been added. Properties: Cheap board that is difficult to join and is not very strong. Easily damaged by moister. Edges are easily damaged and need protection. Production: Lots of tiny chips of timber are mixed with glue and compressed into sheets. Source Man Made Cost Low

22. Production: Strips of softwood glued side by side and then a covering veneer is added to both sides. Cost Low Uses: Furniture. Source Man Made Properties: Very strong and stable board.