Quiz about Environmental Science Chapter 11 Review

Question 1

Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of

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renewable resources.

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inexhaustible resources.

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nonrenewable resources.

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forest resources.

Question 2

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

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resource management.

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poaching.

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overharvesting.

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none of these.

Question 3

Most of the world's remaining forests are either boreal forest or

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tropical rain forest.

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temperate forest.

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tree plantations.

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chaparral.

Question 4

Which of the following logging methods would most likely result in regrowth such as that shown?

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clear-cutting

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a selection system

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the seed-tree approach

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the shelterwood approach

Question 5

Clear-cutting is a timber harvesting method in which

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all of the trees in an area are cut.

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trees that provide shelter to seedlings are left uncut.

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only some mature trees in an area are cut.

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only immature trees in an area are cut.

Question 6

Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity

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in tropical areas and arid regions.

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on private lands.

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in densely populated urban areas.

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on public lands.

Question 7

The Healthy Forests Restoration Act

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encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land.

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requires that timber companies produce certified wood from national forest land.

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does not require environmental impact statements for logging on national forest land.

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requires adaptive management on national forest land.

Question 8

Salvage logging can

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promote wildfires.

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decrease soil erosion.

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decrease commercial logging.

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speed up forest regrowth.

Question 9

The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for

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all of these.

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timber.

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wildlife habitat.

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recreation.

Question 10

When paper has a Forest Stewardship Council logo on it, the paper is

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made from sustainably harvested wood.

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made from rainforest wood.

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not made from wood.

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recycled.

Question 11

The aim of adaptive management is to harvest the maximum amount of a resource without reducing future harvests.

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false

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true

Question 12

Forests cover about 15% of Earth's land surface.

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false

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true

Question 13

Clear-cutting results in mostly even-aged stands of trees.

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true

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false

Question 14

Deforestation is still occurring rapidly in some developing nations.

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true

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false

Question 15

Most logging in the United States today takes place on public lands.

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false

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true

Question 16

The populations of many fishes have decreased because the fishing industry has become high mechanized.

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true

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false

Question 17

The goal of maximum sustainable yield management is to harvest resources in ways that minimized the impact on the ecosystems and ecological processes that provide the resource.

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false

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true

Question 18

Timber harvesting always results in the destruction of the forest.

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false

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true

Question 19

Timber is harvested from national forests by government resource managers.

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false

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true

Question 20

Wildfire suppression prevents future fires by reducing that amount of forest debris on the forest floor.

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false

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true

Question 21

A renewable resource can never run out.

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false

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true

Question 22

In a fish farm, the goal of maximum sustainable yield management is to keep the population of fish growing at a slow rate.

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false

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true

Question 23

Providing food and medicine is an ecological value of forests.

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false

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true

Question 24

Deforestation occurs when trees are removed from a forest and replaced by a housing development.

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true

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false

Question 25

Trees in national forests are harvested by private timber companies.

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true

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false

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