EVR 1001 Exam 3 Questions With
Correct Answers
________% of Earth's land area is currently covered by forest. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30 |
Most commercial logging today takes place in ________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Canada, Russia, and Brazil | | |
Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when ________. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-they are mature and exhibit a multi-level canopy
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Most of the world's forests are __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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boreal forests
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What is the process in which forest plants release water back into the
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atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-transpiration
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Which of the following types of organisms would most likely be found in
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the understory of a forest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-not earthworms
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,________ are replacing primary forests in much of southeast Asia. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Oil palm plantations
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Concessions granted by developing nations allow ________. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-timber extraction by foreign multinational corporations | | | | |
Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They are desperate for economic development.
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The UNFAO has demonstrated that forest loss has slowed but ________.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-we still lose forests at the rate of 5.2 million
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ha/yr
Second-growth forests ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are forests | | | | | | |
that establish themselves after virgin timber has been removed from an
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area
With very few exceptions, what sort of forest is in the United States? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secondary forests
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A fire hits an old forest with large, old trees. A large section of the forest
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is burnt down. Over many years, new, immature trees replace the old
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ones. How can the new area be characterized? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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It is a secondary forest.
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, Currently, what sorts of forests are being lost more rapidly than others?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tropical rainforests
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Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations
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________ of the pictured curve. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in the middle
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Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations at
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the position named in the question above because it ________. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-delivers the maximum sustainable timber yield
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Fire history in an open pine woodland ecosystem would be best
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determined by ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tree ring scars
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Clear-cutting ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-removes all trees from
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an area |
Ecosystem-based timber harvesting uses methods that ________. - | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-leave seed-producing or mature trees uncut to
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provide for future forests
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The National Forest Management Act ________ national forest land. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-was passed in 1976 with the intent to ensure
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multiple use and sustainable yield of
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Correct Answers
________% of Earth's land area is currently covered by forest. -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30 |
Most commercial logging today takes place in ________. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Canada, Russia, and Brazil | | |
Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when ________. -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-they are mature and exhibit a multi-level canopy
| | | | | | | |
Most of the world's forests are __________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
boreal forests
|
What is the process in which forest plants release water back into the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-transpiration
| | |
Which of the following types of organisms would most likely be found in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the understory of a forest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-not earthworms
| | | | | | | | |
,________ are replacing primary forests in much of southeast Asia. -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Oil palm plantations
| | |
Concessions granted by developing nations allow ________. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-timber extraction by foreign multinational corporations | | | | |
Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They are desperate for economic development.
| | | | | |
The UNFAO has demonstrated that forest loss has slowed but ________.
| | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-we still lose forests at the rate of 5.2 million
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ha/yr
Second-growth forests ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-are forests | | | | | | |
that establish themselves after virgin timber has been removed from an
| | | | | | | | | | |
area
With very few exceptions, what sort of forest is in the United States? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secondary forests
| |
A fire hits an old forest with large, old trees. A large section of the forest
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
is burnt down. Over many years, new, immature trees replace the old
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ones. How can the new area be characterized? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | |
It is a secondary forest.
| | | |
, Currently, what sorts of forests are being lost more rapidly than others?
| | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tropical rainforests
| | | |
Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations
| | | | | | | | |
________ of the pictured curve. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-in the middle
| | | | | | | | |
Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations at
| | | | | | | | |
the position named in the question above because it ________. -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-delivers the maximum sustainable timber yield
| | | | | |
Fire history in an open pine woodland ecosystem would be best
| | | | | | | | | | |
determined by ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tree ring scars
| | | | | | |
Clear-cutting ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-removes all trees from
| | | | | | | |
an area |
Ecosystem-based timber harvesting uses methods that ________. - | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-leave seed-producing or mature trees uncut to
| | | | | | | |
provide for future forests
| | |
The National Forest Management Act ________ national forest land. -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-was passed in 1976 with the intent to ensure
| | | | | | | | | |
multiple use and sustainable yield of
| | | | |
