Forestry

VOCABULARY: The removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is converted to a non-forest use.

• Maximum Sustainable Yield
• Ecosystem Based Management
• Deforestation
• Clear Cut

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

VOCABULARY: Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply.       

• Ecosystem Based Management
• Climate Change
• Deforestation
• Sustainable

VOCABULARY: The managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted.

• Sustainable
• Clear Cut
• Seed Tree Cut
• Resource Management

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

VOCABULARY: A timber harvesting practice where an entire stand of trees is removed.   

• Seed Tree Cut
• Clear Cut
• Deforestation
• Sustainable

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Clearcutting means...

• specific trees are selected to be removed

• everything is cut down without any plan

• clumps of trees here and there are removed

• After planning, most trees are removed from a single area

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is prescribed burning?

• When a medicine I take makes my skin burn.
• Burning down everything in a place because they are going to put brand new stuff there.
• Something the firefighters do.
• Doing a controlled burn in a certain area to clean the forest floor and help the trees to growth.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted is called

• resource management

• monoculture

• salvage logging

• clear cutting

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

The clearing of a forest and the replacement of that forest by some other land use such as agriculture or residential is called

• reforestation

• prescribed burn

• salvage reforestation

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-6