Forestry and 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

• None of the above

• Resource management

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

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

• Temperate forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Tree plantations

• Chaparral

Which of the following logging methods would most likely result in regrowth?

• The seed-tree approach

• A selection system

• A clear-cutting

• The shelterwood approach

Clear-cutting is a timber harvesting method on 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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity

• On private lands

• In densely populated urban areas

• In tropical areas and arid regions

• On public land

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The Healthy Forests Restoration Act

• Requires that timber companies produce certified wood from national forest land

• Encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land

• Does not requires environmental impact statements for logging on national forest land

• Requires adaptive management on national forest land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Salvage logging can

• Promote wildfires

• Decrease soil erosion

• Decrease commercial logging

• Speed up forest regrowth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• Timber

• Wildlife habitat

• Recreation

• All of the above

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