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- 1. Multiple Choice
Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of
renewable resources.
inexhaustible resources.
nonrenewable resources.
forest resources.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are three approaches to
poaching.
overharvesting.
resource management.
none of these.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Most of the world's remaining forests are either boreal forest or
tropical rain forest.
temperate forest.
tree plantations.
chaparral.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following logging methods would most likely result in regrowth such as that shown?
clear-cutting
a selection system
the seed-tree approach
the shelterwood approach
- 5. Multiple Choice
Clear-cutting is a timber 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.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity
on private lands.
in tropical areas and arid regions.
in densely populated urban areas.
on public lands.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Healthy Forests Restoration Act
encourages salvage logging and prescribed burning on national forest land.
requires that timber companies produce certified wood from national forest land.
does not require environmental impact statements for logging on national forest land.
requires adaptive management on national forest land.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Salvage logging can
decrease soil erosion.
decrease commercial logging.
promote wildfires.
speed up forest regrowth.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for
timber.
wildlife habitat.
recreation.
all of these.
- 10. Multiple Choice
When paper has a Forest Stewardship Council logo on it, the paper is
made from rainforest wood.
not made from wood.
made from sustainably harvested wood.
recycled.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The aim of adaptive management is to harvest the maximum amount of a resource without reducing future harvests.
true
false
- 12. Multiple Choice
Forests cover about 15% of Earth's land surface.
true
false
- 13. Multiple Choice
Clear-cutting results in mostly even-aged stands of trees.
true
false
- 14. Multiple Choice
Deforestation is still occurring rapidly in some developing nations.
true
false
- 15. Multiple Choice
Most logging in the United States today takes place on public lands.
true
false
- 16. Multiple Choice
The populations of many fishes have decreased because the fishing industry has become high mechanized.
true
false
- 17. Multiple Choice
The goal of maximum sustainable yield management is to harvest resources in ways that minimized the impact on the ecosystems and ecological processes that provide the resource.
true
false
- 18. Multiple Choice
Timber harvesting always results in the destruction of the forest.
true
false
- 19. Multiple Choice
Timber is harvested from national forests by government resource managers.
true
false
- 20. Multiple Choice
Wildfire suppression prevents future fires by reducing that amount of forest debris on the forest floor.
true
false
- 21. Multiple Choice
A renewable resource can never run out.
true
false
- 22. Multiple Choice
In a fish farm, the goal of maximum sustainable yield management is to keep the population of fish growing at a slow rate.
true
false
- 23. Multiple Choice
Providing food and medicine is an ecological value of forests.
true
false
- 24. Multiple Choice
Deforestation occurs when trees are removed from a forest and replaced by a housing development.
true
false
- 25. Multiple Choice
Trees in national forests are harvested by private timber companies.
true
false
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