NR 307 Midterm 1 exam with complete
solutions
fire behavior would likely decrease as a fuel particle's ------ increases.
A. Surface area to volume ratio
B.Packing ratio
C. Fuel loading
D. Heat content - ANSWER- B. Packing ratio
10-Hour timelag fuels are considered to have a diameter that is -----.
A. <1/4"
B. <1"
C. 1/4"-1"
D. 1"-3" - ANSWER- C
Thick bark would be an adaptation for a species living in a(n) ________ fire
regime.
A. Understory
B. Stand replacement
C. Mixed severity
D. Non-fire - ANSWER- A. Understory
Serotinous cones would be an adaptation for a species living in a(n) _______ fire
regime.
A. Understory
B. Stand replacement
C. Mixed severity
D. Non-fire - ANSWER- B. Stand replacement
For an individual plant, charrate-induced germination would be an adaptation to
______.
, A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- d. Neither a nor b
Rapid self pruning would be an adaptation to ______.
A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- A. Prevent fire damage
Alleleopathy enables a plant to ______.
A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Colonize burned over areas
D. All of the above
E. None of the above - ANSWER- A. Prevent fire damage
_______ has thick bark, which is an adaptation to prevent fire damage.
A. Knobcone pine
B. Coulter pine
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- B. Coulter pine
Which of the following would be categorized as an adaptation to persist in a fire-
prone landscape.
A. Thick bark
B. Early self pruning
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- D. Neither a nor b
_______ almost exclusively regenerates in the western US by sprouting.
A. Chamise
B. Coast liveoak
C. coast redwood
D. Quaking aspen - ANSWER- D. Quaking aspen
Fire scars most often arise from ______.
A. Ground fires
B. Surface fires
C. Crown fires - ANSWER- B. Surface fires
solutions
fire behavior would likely decrease as a fuel particle's ------ increases.
A. Surface area to volume ratio
B.Packing ratio
C. Fuel loading
D. Heat content - ANSWER- B. Packing ratio
10-Hour timelag fuels are considered to have a diameter that is -----.
A. <1/4"
B. <1"
C. 1/4"-1"
D. 1"-3" - ANSWER- C
Thick bark would be an adaptation for a species living in a(n) ________ fire
regime.
A. Understory
B. Stand replacement
C. Mixed severity
D. Non-fire - ANSWER- A. Understory
Serotinous cones would be an adaptation for a species living in a(n) _______ fire
regime.
A. Understory
B. Stand replacement
C. Mixed severity
D. Non-fire - ANSWER- B. Stand replacement
For an individual plant, charrate-induced germination would be an adaptation to
______.
, A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- d. Neither a nor b
Rapid self pruning would be an adaptation to ______.
A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- A. Prevent fire damage
Alleleopathy enables a plant to ______.
A. Prevent fire damage
B. Recover from fire damage
C. Colonize burned over areas
D. All of the above
E. None of the above - ANSWER- A. Prevent fire damage
_______ has thick bark, which is an adaptation to prevent fire damage.
A. Knobcone pine
B. Coulter pine
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- B. Coulter pine
Which of the following would be categorized as an adaptation to persist in a fire-
prone landscape.
A. Thick bark
B. Early self pruning
C. Both a and b
D. Neither a nor b - ANSWER- D. Neither a nor b
_______ almost exclusively regenerates in the western US by sprouting.
A. Chamise
B. Coast liveoak
C. coast redwood
D. Quaking aspen - ANSWER- D. Quaking aspen
Fire scars most often arise from ______.
A. Ground fires
B. Surface fires
C. Crown fires - ANSWER- B. Surface fires
