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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Seasoning & wood defects

How often Seasoning & wood defects 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

Seasoning & wood defects, Common Level(8 marks)

Quick ones on Seasoning & wood defects.

(a)Why must timber be seasoned before it is used to make furniture?
  1. To make it heavier and harder to dent
  2. To dry it so it won't shrink or warp later
  3. To darken its colour and show the grain
(b)In a stack of boards being seasoned, thin strips of wood are placed between the boards. They are called…
  1. Dowels
  2. Laminates
  3. Stickers
(c)One advantage of kiln seasoning over air seasoning is that it…
  1. Is fast and gets wood much drier
  2. Needs no special equipment or staff
  3. Costs nothing, as it uses no energy at all
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(a) To dry it so it won't shrink or warp later

(b) Stickers

(c) Is fast and gets wood much drier

Your turn: Common Level questions on Seasoning & wood defects.

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
2026Q4d
2025Q2a
2024Q5a
2023Q3c
2022Q1a

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

More Seasoning & wood defects questions

Seasoning & wood defects, 2 marks

A board has the rounded outside of the tree, sometimes with bark, left along one edge. This defect is…

  1. Cup shake
  2. Dead knot
  3. Waney edge
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Waney edge

Waney edge happens when a board is cut from the outside of the log. The waney part is cut off before use, as bark left on is weak and can hide insects.

Seasoning & wood defects, 3 marks

Why is a dead knot a bigger problem than a live knot?

  1. It makes the board much heavier
  2. It is loose and may fall out
  3. It keeps growing and gets bigger
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It is loose and may fall out

A live knot grew from a living branch and is locked into the wood. A dead knot formed round a dead branch; it is often dark and ringed with bark and can drop out, leaving a hole.

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