Forest Management Quiz

Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based and adaptive management are three approaches to:

• overharvesting

• poaching

• resource management

• none of the above

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Most of the world's remaining forests are either boreal or:

• temperate

• tropical rain forest

• tree plantations

• deciduous

The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called:

• forestry

• clear cutting

• timber harvesting

• deforestation

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Which of the following is an economic value of forests?

• They provide wood

• They prevent soil erosion

• They regulate the water cycle

• They decrease flooding

One disadvantage of the selection system of timber harvesting is that it

• produces even aged regrowth

• produces a monoculture

• creates soil erosion

• is more dangerous to loggers

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Which harvest technique always results in even aged regrowth?

• Clear-cutting

• Seed-tree approach

• Selection system

This type of forest removal involves leaving a few large trees to protect seedlings.

• clear-cutting

• shelter wood

• selective

• deforestation

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Which type of forest shows the most biodiversity?

• Even aged

• Uneven aged

• Monoculture

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Prescribed burns

• are carefully controlled

• cannot be controlled

• cause fuel buildup

• cause permanent damage to the ecosystem

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A renewable resource can never run out.

• True

• False