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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Common tree species & uses

How often Common tree species & uses comes up on the Wood Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Common tree species & uses, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Common tree species & uses.

(a)A tree drops acorns, each sitting in a small cup. The tree is…
  1. Beech
  2. Oak
  3. Ash
(b)Which tree has prickly, glossy, dark green leaves all year round and red berries in winter?
  1. Ash
  2. Sycamore
  3. Holly
(c)Which conifer has pairs of blue-green needles, small cones and orange-red bark high up the trunk?
  1. Scots pine
  2. Larch
  3. Sitka spruce
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(a) Oak

(b) Holly

(c) Scots pine

Your turn: Common Level questions on Common tree species & uses.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1a
2025Q3b
2024Q1a
2023Q1a, Q3b
2022Q3c

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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