Resource Management

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

• renewable resources

• inexhaustible resources

• nonrenewable resources

• forest resources

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

• poaching

• overharvesting

• resource management

• none of the above

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

• tropical rain forest

• temperate forest

• tree plantations

• chaparral

Clear-cutting is a timber 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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Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity

• on private land

• in tropical areas and arid regions

• in densely populated urban areas

• on public lands

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• made from rainforest wood

• not made from wood

• made from sustainably harvested wood

• recycled

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

• True

• False

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Deforestation is still occurring rapidly in some developing nations.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an economic value of forests?

• They provide wood

• They prevent soil erosion

• They regulate the water cycle

• They decrease flooding