Unit 3 Environmental Science Test Weeks 1-3

The science or practice of planting, managing, and caring for forests.

• Forestry
• Silviculture
• Reforestation
• Deforestation

The scientific management of forests.

• Forestry
• Silviculture
• Reforestation
• Deforestation

The process of replanting an area with trees.

• Forestry
• Silviculture
• Reforestation
• Deforestation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Trees that lose their leaves every year.

• Timberland
• Forest Land
• Deciduous Trees
• Evergreen Trees

Trees that do not lose their leaves every year.

• Timberland
• Forest Land
• Deciduous Trees
• Evergreen Trees

The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The removal of some trees from a row or area to allow others more room to grow.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Removal of all marketable trees from an area.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is an advantage of recycling garbage over burying waste in landfills or incinerating trash?

• Lowers cost

• Saves raw materials

• Reduces volume by 90%

• Generates energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Lignite coal is strip mined in Texas to operate the coal-fired electrical power plants. Often, five tons or more of earth must be moved to remove one ton of lignite. One method of lessening the environmental impact of strip mining is to —

• require that the landscape and vegetation of mined lands be restored

• mine only nontoxic materials

• only mine during the evening hours

• feed and care for the animals displaced by the mine

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4