Introduction to Forestry Vocabulary

Materials such as coal that are permanently used up when it is consumed.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Strata

• biodiversity

What is a renewable resource?

• An object you can reuse
• An object you cannot reuse
• Fossil fuels
• Oil

The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.

• Forestry
• Silviculture
• Reforestation
• Deforestation

A forest that is made up of more than one type of tree is called

• monoculture

• gross domestic product

• riparian zone

• biodiversity

The layers or layers of plant growth in a forest or other ecosystem is called?

• strata

• canopy

• understory

• forestry

Tiny soil particles that are easily eroded by becoming suspended in flowing eater or blown as dust in the wind.

• strata

• silt

• riparian zone

• coke

A narrow strip of land on both sides of a running stream on which permanent vegetation is maintained is called?

• strata

• coke

• riparian zone

• biomass

The highest level of vegetation in a forest is called?

• canopy

• strata

• biomass

• understory

Vegetation and waste materials containing large amounts matter that is rich in cellulose is called?

• silt

• coke

• renewable resource

• biomass

A highly combustible wood product obtained by heating wood to temperatures in excess of its combustion temperature when no oxygen is present is called?

• biomass

• coke

• silt

• transpiration