Spiller: Life Cycle of a Forest

1)     What is the relationship between the ecosystem and time?

• As the ecosystem gets older, than the amount of species increases.

• As the ecosystem gets older, than the amount of species decreases.

• As the ecosystem gets younger, than the amount of species increases.

• I don't know

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1)     Which trees would be considered “Old Growth”?

• Lichen

• Grasses

• Aspen, cherry

• Beech and maple

1)     If a fire burnt down that forest all to the ground, which TREES would you expect to see come back first in a Second Growth Forest?

• Annual Weeds

• Aspen, cherries, and young pines

• Beech, maple, and old pines

• I don't know

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What is an old-growth forest?

• planted stands of a particular tree species

• a stand of trees resulting from natural secondary succession

• uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed for several

  hundred years.

• I don't know

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What is an second growth forest?

• planted stands of a particular tree species

• a stand of trees resulting from natural secondary succession

• uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed for several

  hundred years.

• I don't know

What is an tree plantation?

• planted stands of a particular tree species

• a stand of trees resulting from natural secondary succession

• uncut or regenerated forest that has not been seriously disturbed for several

  hundred years.

• I don't know

What is an environmental service that forests provide?

• Stores carbon, releases oxygen, moderates climate

• Fuel

• Transportation

• Helped society achieve a high standard of living

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What is an economic service that forests provide?

• Stores carbon, releases oxygen, moderates climate

• Stabilize the soil

• Purify the water

• Helped society achieve a high standard of living

What is an outcome of deforestation?

• Adds carbon dioxide to the air

• Stabilize the Soil

• Increases Biodiversity

• I don't know

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What are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and healthy ecosystems?

• Economic Services

• Ecosystem Services

• Forest Services

• I don't know

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