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WorksheetsENR Final Exam Revised
Total questions: 86
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
some places need long-term protection, not quick fixes.
Conservation easement
Clearcutting
Strip mowing
Temporary fencing
Which species benefits most directly from the creation of snags?
Turkey
Woodpecker
Deer
Bobwhite quail
the tall trees seemed to fade into shorter shrubs and then into grass.
Create gradual transition habitat
Increase water depth
Remove all shrubs
Promote closed-canopy forest
Regenerating a forest stand through clearcutting produces:
Old-growth habitat
Early successional habitat
Wetland habitat
Mid-story hardwood habitat
Leaving unharvested strips of grain is important because it:
Provides deep-water cover
Reduces nutrient runoff
Provides winter food
Increases canopy closure
a vibrant food plot alive with fluttering small birds darting between seeds and sprouts. Tracks and scat abound. A feast laid out before the critters..
game species
reptiles
fish
Amphibians
Planting trees benefits wildlife primarily because trees provide:
Shade only
Hard and soft mast
Increased turbidity
High soil pH
Which practice uses fire to set back ecological succession?
Strip disking
Prescribed burning
Clearcutting
Short-rotation mowing
a selective herbicide chooses its target… and spares the rest.”
Kill all vegetation equally
Targets undesirable species
Lower water pH
Increase erosion rates
No-till agriculture benefits wildlife by:
Increasing soil disturbance
Reducing soil disturbance
Increasing pesticide need
Removing vegetative cover
Increasing deer harvest is appropriate when the population:
Is stable
Exceeds carrying capacity
Is below recruitment threshold
Shows no browse line
Which species commonly uses nest boxes in open areas?
Turkey
Bluebird
Quail
Barred owl
Turbid ponds caused by cattle require which WMP?
Livestock exclusion
Liming
Pond dredging
Predator removal
Removing fish barriers is most important for:
Predator fish
Migratory species
Pond fish
Bottom-dwellers only
“Boys… these trees were here long before we were even born.”
Recently burned
Never been harvested
Recently regenerated
Only young trees
A regrowth (second-growth) forest is a forest that has:
Never been disturbed
Regenerated after harvest
Only hardwoods
Only conifers
Lumber is sawn wood cut from:
Roots
Logs
Bark
Branches
Pulpwood is wood used to manufacture:
Tile
Paper
Metals
Textiles
Forests protect streams by shading water, filtering runoff, and:
Increasing sediment
Stabilizing stream banks
Lowering oxygen
Reducing fish habitat
A standing dead tree that provides wildlife habitat is called a:
Den tree
Snag
Pole timber
Cull tree
Increased biodiversity at habitat boundaries is called:
Fragmentation
Edge effect
Succession
Zonation
Breaking large forests into smaller isolated patches is known as:
Edge expansion
Fragmentation
Reforestation
Stand thinning
The chemical formula for water is:
CO₂
H₂O
O₂H
OH₂
The ability of water to move upward through narrow tubes is called:
Transpiration
Capillarity
Condensation
Evaporation
Water returning to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called:
Condensation
Precipitation
Infiltration
Surface runoff
Water soaking into soil is called:
Transpiration
Infiltration
Evaporation
Runoff
this is where the river tells the sea hello
A gently freshwater kiss
A warm saltwater hug
Sand dunes
Estuary
Ice melt
Groundwater
A permeable rock formation that stores groundwater is called an:
Estuary
Aquifer
Reservoir
Riparian shelf
The two main sources of water are surface water and:
Groundwater
Fog water
Irrigation runoff
Soil vapor
The water source most vulnerable to contamination is:
Deep aquifers
Surface water
Glacial melt
Mountain springs
Water that is safe to drink is called:
Saline
Potable
Turbid
Hypoxic
The cloudiness or clarity of water is called:
Conductivity
Turbidity
Salinity
Hardness
A Secchi disk is used to measure:
pH
Water clarity
Nitrate levels
Temperature
Dissolved oxygen is important because aquatic life:
Needs it for respiration
Uses it for buoyancy
Requires it to shed carbon
Stores it in sediment
Ecology is the study of interactions among organisms and their:
Minerals
Environment
Genetics only
Atmosphere only
The sphere that includes all living things is the:
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
The sphere that includes all of Earth’s water is the:
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Cryosphere
Geosphere
The long-term average pattern of weather in an area is its:
Climate
Season
Daily forecast
Temperature trend
The amount of water vapor in the air is called:
Dew point
Humidity
Condensation
Saturation index
“Guess that’s what you get for living where the rain never seems to take a day off.”
--Some dude (probably)
Desert
Tundra
Tropical rainforest
Grassland
The biome that covers most of South Carolina is the:
Temperate forest
Alpine tundra
Taiga
Desert scrub
Biodiversity refers to the:
Variety of organisms in an area
Height of trees in a stand
Nitrogen levels in soil
Dominance of predators
An ecoregion is defined by climate, landforms, soil, and:
Vegetation
Mineral content
River volume
Seasonal wind speeds
The highest point in South Carolina is:
Table Rock
Sassafras Mountain
Kings Mountain
Caesars Head
South Carolina’s climate is classified as:
Semi-arid
Humid subtropical
Mediterranean
Cold continental
The longest blackwater river in South Carolina is the:
Edisto
Santee
Congaree
Pee Dee
The introduction of a non-native species is problematic because it may:
Increase biodiversity
Compete with native species
Improve water quality
Stabilize soils
Species that reproduce rapidly due to lack of predators are considered:
Invasive
Keystone
Indicator
Endangered
Invasive species negatively affect ecosystems because they reduce:
Species diversity
Decomposition
Water flow
Mineral cycling
A species very important to ecosystem structure and function is called a:
Keystone species
Producer
Consumer
Pioneer species
The place where an organism lives is its:
Habitat
Niche
Community
Biome
The role an organism plays in its environment is its:
Habitat
Population
Niche
Territory
The variety of habitats within an ecosystem or region is called:
Species richness
Habitat diversity
Niche diversity
Physiographic diversity
An area where an organism finds food, water, shelter, and space is its:
Niche
Habitat
Territory
Community
All living and nonliving things interacting in an area form an:
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Community
Ecoregion
Forest fragmentation is best described as:
Breaking forests into isolated patches
Replanting harvested areas
Thinning a stand
Removing edge habitat
The purpose of prescribed fire is to:
Increase erosion
Safely reduce fuels and maintain habitat
Eliminate all hardwoods
Decrease biodiversity
A firebreak is used to:
Attract wildlife
Reduce or stop fire spread
Promote hardwood growth
Remove diseased trees
Smoke management aims to:
Increase burn intensity
Reduce smoke impact on the public
Increase air temperature
Increase smoldering time
Which pine species historically depends on frequent prescribed fire?
Loblolly pine
Longleaf pine
Eastern white pine
Shortleaf pine
A Biltmore stick is used to measure:
Soil depth
DBH (diameter at breast height)
Timber volume from stumps
Crown spread
A diameter tape converts circumference into:
Radius
Diameter
Board-foot volume
Basal area
Which tool removes a narrow wood core from a tree to determine age?
Increment borer
Peavey
Chainsaw
Relascope
A clinometer is used to measure:
Bark thickness
Slope and tree height
Soil pH
Leaf area index
GPS units in forestry are commonly used to:
Age trees
Map stands and boundaries
Measure DBH
Harvest timber safely
Flagging tape is commonly used to:
Fertilize seedlings
Mark trails, boundaries, or plots
Remove bark
Test soil hardness
A management practice used to improve visibility, access, and wildlife habitat by removing competing vegetation from the forest floor is:
Regeneration harvest
Understory clearing
Patch cutting
Windrowing
Soil compaction from construction is caused by:
Rainfall
Wind
Heavy equipment
Grazing animals
Bringing up subsoil during construction lowers fertility because:
Subsoil has fewer nutrients and organic matter
Subsoil has more earthworms
Subsoil is too light in color
Subsoil has more minerals
Soil contamination can enter and pollute:
Atmosphere
Groundwater
Rocks
Sunlight
Which is the primary factor in soil degradation?
Irrigation
Erosion
Fertilization
Tillage
Improper irrigation can lead to:
Soil aeration
Increased porosity
Organic matter buildup
Salinization, alkalinization, and waterlogging
Growing crops without replacing nutrients leads to:
Increased porosity
Soil fertility decline
Humus formation
Soil restoration
the ground’s got its own little layers—like a cake nobody’s supposed to eat.
When you plant the seeds of the next crop along side the remains of the previous crop (in order to decrease erosion), it is known as...
terracing.
contour plowing.
drip irrigation.
no-till farming.
I knelt in the garden, letting the soft earth crumble between my fingers. I smiled as I brushed aside a tiny root and uncovered bits of old leaves, specks of broken rock, and pockets of cool moisture rising as I dug deeper.
“This whole place is built from so many different pieces working together.”
Which term is used to describe low density, automobile-dependent community development that is associated with land use that has a negative impact?
urban coalition
urban homesteading
urban planning
urban sprawl
Land used to graze livestock and wildlife
rangeland
forest land
farmland
urban land
land used for recreation, scenic, enjoyment, and for preserving native animal and plant communities and ecosystems
rangeland
parks and preserves
wetlands
farmland
land used for growing and harvesting wood, and harvesting wildlife, fish, nuts, and other resources
rangeland
forest land
urban land
farm land
How many state officers have been from Pendleton--including the current one?
2
4
8
10
The SC State FFA President is?
Marshall T. Mathers
Thaddeus G. Margschneider
Gustav M. Tarshall
Thomas G. Marshall
The Pendleton FFA Chapter President is?
Daylee Vaughn Gilreath
Rachel McCracken
Ivy Smith
Toby Vanderhooven
