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WOODWORK - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Keeps its leaves all year round (except Larch)
      - Wood is called Softwood
      - Light colour
      - Seeds are in pine cones
      - Grows quickly (20-30 yrs)
      - Wood is usually cheaper
      - Wood is usually softer and less durable
      - Needle-like leaves
    - - Loses its leaves in Autumn (except holly)
        
        Wood is called Hardwood
        
        Usually darker in colour
        
        Broad leaves
        
        Seeds borne in nuts/berries
        
        Slow growing (80-100 yrs)
        
        Wood is more expensive
        
        Wood is harder and more durable
    - - World Distribution of Forests
        
        Two great bands of forest circle the globe.
        
        The Boreal Forest or Great Coniferous
        
        Belt. Situated in the Northern hemisphere.
        
        Large Coniferous forests where they are managed and replanted.
        
        These countries export softwood and plywood/chipwood
        
        Most of the worlds paper comes from here
      - tropical Rainforests
        
        Occurs above and below the Equator
        
        Broad leafed deciduous forests
        
        Deforestation is the cutting down of forests
        
        Timbers great advantage as a fuel and material is
        
        that it is renewable but we must replant as we use
        
        Deforestation