BOTANY 205 VIDEO STUDY GUIDE
The Resources of the Forest        
       (23 minutes)
                                
1.  What are the traditional materials used in the furniture industry?  What materials are 
     these being replaced with?

2.  Describe the steps involved in manufacturing furniture from wood.


3.  How has computer aided design benefited the furniture industry?


4.  What are some other important products derived from trees?


5.  What climatic conditions make northeastern North America ideal for the maple syrup  
       industry?


6.  Describe the modern methods used in extracting maple sap from trees in the syrup     
        industry.


7.  Discuss a current hypothesis concerning how sugar is mobilized in trees during the     
       spring.  How much sap does one tree typically yield per year?  What is the
        sugar  concentration in this sap. 


8.  Describe modern methods used in reducing maple sap to maple syrup.


9.  How many liters of sap does it take to make one liter of maple syrup?  What other      
     kinds of products can be made from the syrup?  How?


10.  How and why is maple syrup graded?


     Drying              Rubber         Reverse osmosis          
     Graded              Gum            Evaporator
     Wood bending        Alcohol        Color
     Lignin                   Partial vacuum Density
     Sanding             Sugar house         Electrical conductivity
     Fine finishing                     Liquid chromatography