Restoration Ecology & Forestry

Match the following

• Tree crowns overlap most of the ground

• Close-canopy

• Trees have at least 20% ground cover

• Forest

• Trees have least 10% ground cover

• Primary Forest

• Densest, wildest types of forests

• Savanna

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The largest remaining forests are found in​ (a)   and ​ (b)   regions.

• high latitudes
• low latitudes
• mid-latitudes
• equatorial
• sub-tropical

Where are most closed-canopy forest located?

• Tropical and sub-tropical regions

• The Arctic Circle

• High-latitudes

• Russia, China, and Canada

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Pioneer species are:

• Organisms that immigrate to new areas

• Organisms that can adapt to many kinds of ecosystems

• The first organisms to leave an area after a disaster

• The first organisms to return to an area after a disaster

A fully recovered forest that is similar to an untouched forest ecosystem is called:

• A secondary forest

• A primary forest

• A climax community

• Matching restoration to degradation

The U.S. forestry estate accounts for what percent of the world's forests?

• 8%

• 9%

• 12%

• 15%

Less than half of the forests in the U.S. are owned by the Forestry Service

• True

• False

Returning a biological community to its pre-disturbance structure and function

• Reallocation

• Intervention

• Rehabilitation

• Restoration

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

To rebuild a community to a useful, functional state but not its original condition

• Reallocation

• Intervention

• Rehabilitation

• Restoration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Applying techniques that discourage or reduce invasive species and favor native species.

• Reallocation

• Intervention

• Rehabilitation

• Restoration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5