Resource Management and Forestry

Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are three approaches to

• poaching

• overharvesting

• resource management

• none of these are correct

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most of the worlds remaining forests are either boreal forests or

• tropical rain forest

• temperate forest

• tree plantations

• deciduous forests

This picture is an example of what logging method?

• clear cutting

• selection system

• seed-tree approach

• shelterwood approach

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clear cutting is a harvesting method in which

• trees that provide shelter to seedlings are left uncut

• only some mature trees in an area are cut

• only immature trees in an area are cut

• all of the trees in an area are cut

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity

• on private lands

• in tropical areas and arid regions

• in densly populated urban areas

• on public lands

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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The aim of adaptive management is to harvest the maximum amount of resources without reducing future harvests

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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Forests cover about 15% of Earth's lad surface

• True

• False

clear-cutting results in mostly even-aged tree growth

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Deforestation is still occuring rapidly in some developing nations

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Most logging in the United States today takes place on public land

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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