ISA ARBORIST CHAP .14 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Urban forestry is the management of naturally occurring and planted tees and associated plants in urban areas. Arboriculture focuses on the _______; urban forestry focuses on the _______, or larger populations of trees in urban areas. - Answer-tree forest List five allied professionals or groups that an urban forester should learn to communicate with. - Answer-urban planners civil engineers public works officials government agencies the public other True/False - The leaves and branches of trees catch and slow rainwater and can reduce soil erosion and water waste from runoff. - Answer-True _______ _______ occurs when trees take up carbon from CO2 in the atmosphere and "store" it in the form of wood and other carbon-based tissues. - Answer-carbon sequestration List three economic benefits of trees. - Answer-increase residential and business property values increase tax base for community attract visitors, businesses, and new residents increase rental of apartments and offices and reduce vacancy rates encourage shoppers to linger defer maintenance on materials that are degraded by heat, such as pavements List three environmental benefits of trees. - Answer-improve air quality sequester carbon, reducing greenhouse effect conserve energy by protecting surroundings from sun and wind cool the air through transpiration redu