Wildfires

What does every wildfire need in order to burn?

• Gasoline

• Warm weather

• Fuel

• A large area

What is a wild fire's main source of fuel?

• Dried up riverbeds

• Dead trees and grass

• Abandoned farm houses and sheds

• Hills made from dirt and sand

Firefighters often make all of the following to stop wildfires EXCEPT--

• Fire Lines

• Fire Breaks

• Fire Pits

What causes a geyser to erupt?

• Large cracks in the ground cause an earthquake

• Lava boiling underground

• Too many rocks crushed together

• High temperatures cause water to heat up

How hot did Doug say it was before the stoplight and garbage can melted?

• 98 degrees

• 102 degrees

• 113 degrees

• 120 degrees

What is the "fire triangle"?

• The combination of heat, fuel, and oxygen that fires need to burn.

• The local, state, and federal agencies that work together on wildfires.

• The method that firefighters used to surround and put out fires.

• The three large western states where 80 percent of wildfires happen

What do fire beetles do?

• They survive fires by making and crawling inside fireproof cocoons.

• They lay their eggs in and under the bark of smoldering fires.

• They destroy a forest's ground cover, making fires much more likely.

• They sometimes spark fires with the glowing chemical in their abdomens.

Which of these is NOT a way fires help forests?

• They leave a hard surface on the soil that keeps it from eroding

• They add nutrients to the soil, which helps plants grow

• They melt the waxy coating on evergreen cones so they drop their seeds

• They remove sick plants and insects that kill trees

Planes drop something to help put out fires called---

• Santa Snow

• Sky Jell-O

• Hot Shots

• Orange Slush

A special tool called a "Pulaski" is used by firefighters to--

• protect their skin from temperatures as high as 500 degrees

• breathe pure oxygen from tanks when they are in smoky conditions

• spray a liquid fire retardant on spot fires

• dig fire lines to remove fuel that fires need to grow