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Forestry + Soils

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is not a forest layer?

a)

Emergent

b)

Understory

c)

Forest ceiling

d)

Canopy

2.

What does the term 'bole' mean?

a)

The dried leaves of the tree

b)

Measurement of 4 1/2 above ground level

c)

Trunk of the tree

d)

Twigs of a tree

3.

Which one of these is a invasive species?

a)

Lupines

b)

Snowberry

c)

CheatGrass

d)

Lemonade Berry

4.

The continuous cover formed by tree crowns in a forest

a)

Forest floor

b)

buck

c)

Blaze

d)

Canopy

5.

What does 'commercial treatment' mean?

a)

a harvest cut that removes all merchantable timber from the area

b)

timber stand improvements, such as thinning, that generate income from the sale of the trees removed

c)

the educational arm of the USDA that links university research to people who can benefit from it.

d)

a tree defect characterized by a sharp bend in the main stem

6.

List from largest to smallest the 3 size constituents of particles less than 2 mm in diameter.

a)

sand, silt, clay

b)

Silt, sand, clay

c)

Clay, silt, sand

d)

Sand, clay, silt

7.

Any particle larger than ___ is considered a rock

a)

3mm

b)

2cm

c)

6cm

d)

2mm

8.

____ is when part of the environment is made harmful or offensive to organisms that depend on it.

a)

Pesticides

b)

Fertilizers

c)

Garbage

d)

Pollution

9.

Which slope class ranges from 2-5%?

a)

Cohesive Sloping

b)

High slope

c)

Gently Sloping

d)

Low slope

10.

if the overall AWHC is low then the total inches of AWHC is?

a)

less than 4.0 inches

b)

less than 3.0 inches

c)

less than 2.0 inches

d)

less than 1.0 inches