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A large planting of a single crop is referred to as ________________
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______________________ involves scientifically testing different management approaches in an area, one after another, and then customizing an approach based on the results
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The management of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted in _____________________.
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_____________ stands result from the regrowth of tees that were mostly all cut at the same time.
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The clearing of a forest and the replacement of it by another land use is _________________.
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In a _______________________, only some trees are cut at once, leaving uneven-aged stands.
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______________ stands of trees that result from the regrowth of trees that were cut at different times.
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___________________ is a method in which all the trees are cut at once.
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In the _____________________, a small number of mature and healthy seed producing trees are left standing so that they can reseed the logged area.
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When forests are managed for recreation, wildlife habitat, mining, and other uses it is called _________________.
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A purposeful, controlled fire used to manage forests and restore ecosystems is called a _________________.
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___________________ is the removal of snags following a natural disturbance.
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When small numbers of mature trees are left in place to provide shelter it is a _______________________.
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Forest that has never been logged is considered an _________________.
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________________________ is a way to certify timber harvesting practices as truly sustainable.
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____________________ is the common approach toward resource management, its aim to harvest the maximum amount of a resource without reducing the amount of future harvests.
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When a resource is harvested in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystem and the ecological processes that provide the resources, the management style is considered an _______________________.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of?
renewable resources
inexhaustible resources
nonrenewable resources
forest resources
- 19. Multiple Choice
Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management, and adaptive management are 3 types of?
poaching
overharvesting
resource management
none of the others
- 20. Multiple Choice
Most of the world's remaining forests are either boreal forest or?
tropical rain forest
temperate forest
tree plantations
chaparral
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following logging methods would most likely result in regrowth such as that shown?
clear-cutting
a selection system
the a seed-tree approach
the a shelterwood approach
- 22. Multiple Choice
The Health 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 environment impact statement for logging on national forest land.
requires adaptive management on national forest land.
- 23. 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
- 24. Multiple Choice
Deforestation has the greatest impact on biodiversity
on private lands
in tropical areas an arid regions
in densely populated urban areas
on public lands
- 25. Multiple Choice
Salvage logging can?
decrease soil erosion.
decrease commercial logging
promote wildfires
speed up forest growth
- 26. Multiple Choice
The policy of multiple use requires that national forests be managed for
timbers.
wildlife habitat.
recreation.
all of the above.
- 27. Multiple Choice
When paper has a Forest Stewarship Council logo on it, the paper is?
made from rain forest wood
not made from wood
made from sustainably harvested wood
recycled
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