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What is the scientific name for oaks?
Populus
Quercus
Pinus
Liquidambar
What is the scientific name for poplar trees?
Quercus pinus
Carya alba
Populus nigra
Pinus echinata
The following trees are hardwoods
oak, poplar, cedar, and pine.
poplar, cedar, sweet gum and oak
oak, sweet gum, and poplar
pine and cedar
What tree is often used in closet and chest construction?
White oak
Yellow pine
Eastern Red Cedar
Sweet Gum
What is the scientific name of Yellow Pine trees?
Plinaeus echinata
Pinus echinata
Juniperus echinata
Juniperus palustris
What is the scientific name for a Sweetgum tree?
Sassafras albidum
Quercus alba
Liquidambar alba
Liquidambar styraciflua
What is the scientific name for an Eastern Redcedar tree?
Juniperus virginiana
Juniperus quercus
Pinus taeda
Pinus echinata
The tree from which pallets, paper, crates and utility items is the
white oak
poplar
yellow pine
eastern redcedar
What trees have medicinal value?
White Oak and Cedar
Sweet gum and White Oak
Poplar and Yellow pine
Slash and loblolly pine
What tree species is used in making wine barrels?
Sweet gum
White oak
Eastern Redcedar
Yellow pine
What tree species is commonly used in making dimensional lumber, plywood and paper?
Eastern Redcedar
Populus nigra
Pinus echinata
Quersis nigra
The practice or art of managing, forests to maximize quantity and quality of forest products and services is
forestry
silviculture
reforestation
deforestation
A tree that drops all its leaves in the fall is a ___ tree.
deciduous
coniferous
ardvidicous
evergreen
A tree belonging to the order Coniferae, producing cones is termed __.
ardvidicous
deciduous
hardwood
evergreen
To age a tree you can count the
core
limbs
annual rings
partial rings
A unit of measurement 1 foot long, 1 foot wide and 1 inch thick is termed
a cord
a cubic foot
a board foot
a dote
A combination of forest types, tree ages and species composition encourages
forest stress
biodiversity
soil serosion
wildlife habitat reduction
Forest canopies
prevent loss of soil nutrients, shield the ground and add organic material to the soil
prevent loss of soil nutrients but overall increase soil loss
serve to produce understory trees
provide horizontal forest flooring
We can protect timber stands from fire by
leaving fallen branches undisturbed
installing irrigation systems
developing fire breaks
planting only one species
A stable and diverse forest is termed a __ .
diverse forest
climax forest
fire resistant forest
unstabel
The various layers of trees in a forest is/are termed __.
dioecious
primary wood
stratification
horizontal management
The cutting of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected is
selective cutting
thinning
clear cutting
timbering
A technique sometimes used in forest management, farming or prairie restoration to improve habitat and reduce wildfire risk is
selective cutting
thinning
controlled burn
clear cutting
The removal of all merchantable timber in a stand during a specified time period, usually over several months with pure stands is
thinning
selective cutting
residual
clear cutting
An instrument used to age a tree is a/an
increment borer
clinometer
dendrology tape
natural borer
Trees with needle like leaves are
coniferous
deciduous
creosote
Angiospermae
The layer of a forest with the tallest members is the __ layer.
canopy
emergent
sky
cloud
An annual ring
gives the age of a tree and calculated by counting either the dark or the light rings.
gives the age of a tree and is calculated by counting both the light and dark rings.
cannot be used to age a tree.
is only used to determine growth habits of a tree.
The width of an annual ring indicates
weather conditions.
variations in tree growth rates.
when logging occurred
when a tree was planted
The ability of a tree to endure shade is termed __.
tolerance
submissive
emergent
aggressive
The structure by which raw nutrients and water are carried from the tree roots to the crown is ________.
sapwood or phloem
sapwood or the living portion of the tree
sapwood or the pith
xylem or pith
The bulk of useful material from a tree is produced in the __.
crown
roots
leaves
trunk
The totality of species and ecosystems of a region, and the interactions between them is termed ___.
azimuth
angiosperm
biodiversity
bioexclusion
Control of forest insects and disease, debris reduction, and breaking dormancy of buried seeds are all benefits of
preservation.
snow layers.
fire.
recreation use.
Forest habitat loss can be caused by ___.
fire, overcutting, and lack of erosion control methods
fire, erosion and control burns
erosion, clear cutting and thinning
thinning, machine planting, fire
A stack of wood 4'wide, 4'high and 8' long is
a cubic foot.
a chord.
a board foot
a pith
Forest harvesting techniques include;
clearcutting, shelterwood, and selection.
commercial and pre-commercial
vertical, row and seedtree.
natural and selection
Reforestation methods include;
natural regeneration and pruning.
pruning and intermediate treatment.
dibble bar and stocking tables.
natural regeneration and hand or machine planting.
Forest products include;
paper, resins, and dibble bar.
recreation, pulp, chests for storage and fishing.
plywood, oriented strand board, lumber,and pulp.
spices, ornamentals, bowls and soap.
An ecosystem describes a ________
Community of trees
Community of organisms
Community of nutrients
Community of animals
Going through different forest stages is called
Tree Lifecycle
Succession
Forest Development
Ecosystems
Fire is used as a forest management tool for which of the following reasons?
controlling harmful insects and diseases
reducing logging debris
seedbed preparation
reducing litter to lessen risk of major wilfires
Fire management tools also include;
controlling the type or composition of understory species
to direct how succession progresses
to control how trees grow vertically
to reduce erosion
The photo is an example of fire being used to ____.
reduce litter accumulation
kill pine trees
cause erosion
reduce pine tree value
Fire damage includes;
insect control, habitat loss, revenue loss, property damage
property damage, habitat loss, environmental degradation, loss of revenue
reseeding, control burn, habitat loss
fire lane, habitat loss, property loss and damage
Methods of fire prevention include;
natural reseeding, had planting
lumber and building products, back fighting
control burns, fire lanes, fire prevention education
fire prevention education and marketing, consumer goods
The top right arrow indicates the ____ forest layer.
emergent
understory
forest floor
canopy
The bottom right arrow indicates the ___ forest layer.
emergent
understory
forest floor
canopy
Another name for Juniperus virginiana is
emergent
Aromatic Red Cedar
loblolley
water oak
