This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Forestry > Forest Management > Forestry – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forestry Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is it called when a forest is cleared for something else, besides being forest A) Clear cutting. B) Seed-Tree. C) Deforestation. D) Selection System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deforestation. 2. Which method of timber harvesting is likely to lead to a greater amount of deforestation in an area? A) Clear-cutting. B) Seed-tree approach. C) Shelterwood approach. D) Selection system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear-cutting. 3. An area set aside with the intent of -preserving a large tract of intact ecosystem or a landscape. A) National wilderness areas. B) National wildlife refuges. C) Rangelands. D) Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National wilderness areas. 4. Most of Earth's fresh water is used for A) Watering crops. B) Drinking. C) Washing clothes and dishes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watering crops. 5. Maximum Sustainable Yeild is A) Harvesting maximum resources immediately. B) Harvesting max resources without compromising future harvests. C) Harvesting resources while minimizing effects of the rest of the ecosystem. D) Harvesting only as much as is needed for one person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harvesting max resources without compromising future harvests. 6. Which of the following is a primary reason for deforestation? A) To graze cattle. B) To grow crops. C) To provide fuelwood. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 7. What is a positive of forest fires? A) More erosion of soil. B) Keeps the animal population lower. C) Puts more carbon dioxide in the air. D) Recycles nutrients back into the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycles nutrients back into the soil. 8. Public lands in the US are categorized for use based on the managing agency and designated restriction level. In general, NPS lands are used for A) Grazing, mining, timber harvesting, and recreation. B) Timber harvesting, grazing, and recreation. C) Recreation and conservation. D) Wildlife conservation, hunting, and mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recreation and conservation. 9. Which factor does NOT determine the type of forest that grows in an area A) Temperature. B) Rainfall. C) Topography. D) Soil profile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil profile. 10. The planting, growing, and harvesting of trees A) Wilderness areas. B) Forestry. C) Succession. D) Canopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forestry. 11. Which tree species would be managed by shelterwood cutting (since they drop seeds and can do well in shade or sun)? A) Sugar maple. B) Red oak. C) Big tooth aspen. D) Hemlock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red oak. 12. Also known as plantations, these are planted and managed tracts of trees of the same age that are harvested for commercial use. A) Tree farms. B) Wildlife habitats. C) Wilderness areas. D) Canopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tree farms. 13. Smaller forest fires are beneficial to forests for all of the following EXCEPT A) Removal of competing plants. B) Combustion of dried leaves or needles, which reduces the threat of large fires. C) Burning the crown of trees. D) Making burned matter available as a nutrient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burning the crown of trees. 14. Approximately .....% of the world's forests are currently managed for wood production. A) 5. B) 10. C) 20. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 15. Underground structures that anchor the tree and take up water, nutrients and minerals from the soil. A) Roots. B) Inner bark. C) Outer Bark. D) Trunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roots. 16. Cutting down full strips of forests, but leaving fully developed forest in between is an example of ..... A) Selective cutting. B) Shelterwood cutting. C) Clear cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelterwood cutting. 17. Which method of harvesting trees reduces biodiversity the most A) Clear cutting. B) Seed-Tree. C) Shelterwood. D) Selection System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clear cutting. 18. Which tree species would be managed by selective cutting (since they need shade to grow- not direct sun light)? A) Big tooth and quaking aspen. B) Red pine and jack pine. C) White ash and sugar maple. D) Oak and quaking aspen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White ash and sugar maple. 19. Natural causes such as typhoons, landslides, floods, drought and earthquakes as well as forest fires and climate change are predisposing factors to deforestation and forest degradation. A) Forest Products Extraction. B) Agricultural Expansion. C) Infrastructure Expansion. D) Biophysical Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biophysical Factors. 20. There are approximately how many trees planted in the US each day? A) 40. B) 7 million. C) 2 thousand. D) 4 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 million. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesForestry QuizzesForestry Quiz 1Forestry Quiz 2Forestry Quiz 4Forestry Quiz 5Forestry Quiz 6Forestry Quiz 7Forestry Quiz 8Forestry Quiz 9Forestry Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books