Chapter 11 Study Guide

Renewable resources include soil, fresh water, wild animals, and

• minerals.

• coal.

• timber.

• petroleum.

Which approach to resource management aims to harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystem and processes that provide the resource?

• maximum sustainable yield

• ecosystem-based management

• adaptive management

• watershed management

In what part of a forest would you expect to find squirrel nests?

• snag

• understory

• forest floor

• subcanopy

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.

The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called

• forestry.

• clear-cutting.

• timber-harvesting.

• deforestation.

Under the National Forest Management Act, national forests

• can be used only for recreation.

• can be harvested only by government agencies.

• can be harvested only where soils will not be irreversibly damaged.

• must have roads in place wherever harvesting is done.

Which phrase is true for private logging operations?

• produces a monoculture

• produces trees of different ages

• produces trees of different species

• leads to high biodiversity

Some tree plantations resemble a natural forest that

• has been adaptively managed.

• contains uneven-aged stands.

• has never been harvested.

• has been clear-cut.

Prescribed burns are fires that

• are caused by lightning.

• are set by humans.

• never get out of control.

• increase the risk of injury.

The removal of snags following a fire is called

• monoculture.

• prescribed burning.

• sustainable forestry.

• salvage logging.