Forestry and Resource Management

Renewable resources include soil, fresh water, wild animals, and

• minerals.

• coal.

• timber.

• petroleum.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Smokey the Bear’s message resulted in

• an increased number of forest fires.

• an increase in carbon dioxide in the air

• suppression of forest fires.

• a loss of lives.

The main goal of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act is to

• prevent prescribed burning.

• prevent erosion and soil damage.

• promote salvage logging.

• prevent salvage logging.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• poaching

• overharvesting

• resource management

• none of these are correct

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

most of the worlds remaining forests are either boreal forests or

• tropical rain forest

• temperate forest

• tree plantations

• deciduous forests

This picture is an example of what logging method?

• clear cutting

• selection system

• seed-tree approach

• shelterwood approach

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

clear cutting is a harvesting method in which

• trees that provide shelter to seedlings are left uncut

• only some mature trees in an area are cut

• only immature trees in an area are cut

• all of the trees in an area are cut

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The aim of adaptive management is to harvest the maximum amount of resources without reducing future harvests

• true

• false

clear-cutting results in mostly even-aged tree growth

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of management is being continually monitored and adjusted

• adaptive forest management

• ecosystem-based forest management

• Maximum sustainable yield

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1