FORESTRY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The term deciduous is synonymous with hardwood. - ANSWERFalse
A synonym for the "xylem" tissue of a tree is - ANSWERwood
Late-successional forests are - ANSWERdominated by settler species
In forest ecology, an event that kills the trees in a given forest patch is known as a -
ANSWERDisturbance
When foresters speak of "forest type," they are referring to - ANSWERtree species
that dominate the forest
The forests of the United States are - ANSWERsplit approximately evenly
According to the U.S. Forest Service, the current amount of forested acres in the
United States is approximately - ANSWERtwo thirds of the forested acres in 1630
The Illinois State Museum claims that there are at least this number of definitions of
the word "forest" - ANSWER250
Forests cover approximately - ANSWERone third of land area in the us
An area of forest where the dominant trees are of the same age is known as -
ANSWERa patch
For the past 100 years, the extent of the area of the United States covered by forests
has - ANSWERremained relatively stable
A woody plant that attains a height of at least 20 feet at maturity in a given locality
and usually (not always) has a single self supporting stem or trunk is known as a -
ANSWERtree
Quantifying the extent of the Earth's forests is complicated by -
ANSWERdisagreement over criteria used to define what constitutes forested land
A large elm tree in the lawn of Deacon Jacob Elliott's Boston home became a symbol
of the American Revolution a - ANSWERliberty tree
The United States' rank among the world's forested countries (in total area of forest)
is - ANSWERfourth
Approximately 44 percent of the forested land in the United States is owned by -
ANSWERstate, local and federal governments
,Approximately 74 percent of the privately owned forest land in the U.S. is located in -
ANSWERthe eastern states
Approximately 86 percent of the federally owned forest land in the U.S. is located in -
ANSWERthe western states
Approximately two thirds of the softwood timber growing in the United States is
located in - ANSWERthe western states
Approximately 90 percent of the hardwood timber growing in the United States is
located in - ANSWERthe eastern states
Approximately 90 percent of the timber growing in the western United States is
comprised of - ANSWERsoftwoods
Approximately two thirds of the timber growing in the eastern United States is
comprised of - ANSWERhardwoods
Forests cover approximately - ANSWER30% of earths land area
America's forests began to take shape - ANSWERat the end of the last ice age
Approximately two thirds of the animal species of North America weighing 100 or
more pounds that existed during the Pleistocene - ANSWERbecame extinct at the
end of the last ice age
At the end of the last Ice Age, the range of the oaks spread north rapidly because -
ANSWERblue jays carrying acorns over relatively long distances
During the last Ice Age, the forests of what are now the Great Plains and eastern
United States were dominated by - ANSWERwhite spruce
During the last ice age, the mixed hardwood forest that dominates most of the
Northeast and Appalachian region was located - ANSWERin two narrow bands on
either side of the Mississippi River Valley
During the last ice age, Alaska and Siberia were connected by a land mass known
as - ANSWERBeringia
Megafauna were - ANSWERlarge mammals of the Pleistocene such as the woolly
mammoth and mastodon
Migration of American chestnut from its Pleistocene range in the higher elevations
along the Mississippi Valley to its range throughout the Appalachians and southern
New England - ANSWERwas slower by several thousand years than other species
Northern forests that can tolerate cold winters and short, cool summers are
sometimes known as - ANSWERboreal forests
The Pleistocene - ANSWERwas the last ice age
,The Vikings settled Greenland, Pacific Islanders sailed to Hawai'i and New Zealand,
the English cultivated vineyards and made wine, and the Anasazi and Cahokian
cultures flourished in North America during the period in the climate history known as
the - ANSWERmedical warm period
The forest type that dominated the American forest during the last Ice Age is now
found largely in - ANSWERnorthern Canada and central Alaska
The last Ice Age was known as the - ANSWERPleistocene Epoch
The northern forests that extend from Alaska through northern Canada and from
Scandinavia through Siberia are dominated by - ANSWERsoftwoods
The tropical forests of the world are dominated by - ANSWERhardwoods
The vegetation that is found in tundra are grass-like sedges (plants with triangular-
shaped leaves), grasses, herbs, lichens, mosses and scattered small sages. -
ANSWERtrue
The vegetative cover that exists immediately south of Northern Hemisphere glaciers
is referred to as - ANSWERTundra
A milpa is - ANSWERthe technique of growing maize, squash, and beans together
American Indian activist and actor, Russell Means abhors the term Native American.
- ANSWERtrue
Andrew Ellicott Douglass studied patterns in tree rings to try to find evidence of -
ANSWERsunspots and other solar activity
Andrew Ellicott Douglass - ANSWERdeveloped the methodology of
dendrochronology
Chaco Canyon is located in - ANSWERNew Mexico
Clovis Point is - ANSWERa spear point
Henry F. Dobyns estimated that the Indian population at the time of Columbus was
approximately 18 million based upon - ANSWERstudy of the birth and death records
in the Jesuit missions and cathedrals of Mexico and Per
It is believed that Indians migrated from Siberia to the New World - ANSWERall of
the above
maize - ANSWERis believed to have been created by selective breeding by the
people of Mesoamerica
, Mitochondrial DNA studies of American Indians reveal that their ancestors probably -
ANSWERarrived in three or four migrations first dating back perhaps 30,000 years
ago
Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon was occupied approximately - ANSWER1,000 yr
Richard Wetherill and Neil Judd led archeological expeditions in Chaco Canyon that
revealed much of what we know about the - ANSWERanasazi
The Anasazi were the pre-Columbian culture that - ANSWERbuilt cliff dwellings
The Clovis-First Theory - ANSWERhas fallen out of favor with most
The Norte Chico region on the coast of Peru - ANSWERall of the above
The archeological site at Chaco Canyon is dominated by - ANSWERa number of
stone apartment-like structures built on the canyon floor
The archeological site at Mesa Verde is dominated by - ANSWERstone apartment-
like structures built on the side of a cliff
The archeological site at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico - ANSWERis where the
technique of dendrochronology was first employed to determine the dates that the
site was occupied
The archeological site at Cahokia, Illinois - ANSWERis believed to have been a
center for trade among the mound-builders of the Mississippi Valley
The culture that built the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado and large
apartment-like structures in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico is known as the -
ANSWERanasazi
The descendants of the people who occupied Chaco Canyon - ANSWERare the
modern Pueblo Indians
The discovery of the archeological remnants of an advanced civilization in the Norte
Chico region of Peru - ANSWERwere not made until the 21st century
he inner, lighter-colored, less dense, inner portion of a growth ring in wood is known
as - ANSWERearlywood
The milpa - ANSWERall of the above
A recent generation of anthropologists and botanists describe much of the Amazon
rainforest as - ANSWERa human-created landscape
According to Charles Mann, the Pilgrims of Massachusetts observed a scene of
death among Indian populations that was caused by - ANSWERsmallpox
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
The term deciduous is synonymous with hardwood. - ANSWERFalse
A synonym for the "xylem" tissue of a tree is - ANSWERwood
Late-successional forests are - ANSWERdominated by settler species
In forest ecology, an event that kills the trees in a given forest patch is known as a -
ANSWERDisturbance
When foresters speak of "forest type," they are referring to - ANSWERtree species
that dominate the forest
The forests of the United States are - ANSWERsplit approximately evenly
According to the U.S. Forest Service, the current amount of forested acres in the
United States is approximately - ANSWERtwo thirds of the forested acres in 1630
The Illinois State Museum claims that there are at least this number of definitions of
the word "forest" - ANSWER250
Forests cover approximately - ANSWERone third of land area in the us
An area of forest where the dominant trees are of the same age is known as -
ANSWERa patch
For the past 100 years, the extent of the area of the United States covered by forests
has - ANSWERremained relatively stable
A woody plant that attains a height of at least 20 feet at maturity in a given locality
and usually (not always) has a single self supporting stem or trunk is known as a -
ANSWERtree
Quantifying the extent of the Earth's forests is complicated by -
ANSWERdisagreement over criteria used to define what constitutes forested land
A large elm tree in the lawn of Deacon Jacob Elliott's Boston home became a symbol
of the American Revolution a - ANSWERliberty tree
The United States' rank among the world's forested countries (in total area of forest)
is - ANSWERfourth
Approximately 44 percent of the forested land in the United States is owned by -
ANSWERstate, local and federal governments
,Approximately 74 percent of the privately owned forest land in the U.S. is located in -
ANSWERthe eastern states
Approximately 86 percent of the federally owned forest land in the U.S. is located in -
ANSWERthe western states
Approximately two thirds of the softwood timber growing in the United States is
located in - ANSWERthe western states
Approximately 90 percent of the hardwood timber growing in the United States is
located in - ANSWERthe eastern states
Approximately 90 percent of the timber growing in the western United States is
comprised of - ANSWERsoftwoods
Approximately two thirds of the timber growing in the eastern United States is
comprised of - ANSWERhardwoods
Forests cover approximately - ANSWER30% of earths land area
America's forests began to take shape - ANSWERat the end of the last ice age
Approximately two thirds of the animal species of North America weighing 100 or
more pounds that existed during the Pleistocene - ANSWERbecame extinct at the
end of the last ice age
At the end of the last Ice Age, the range of the oaks spread north rapidly because -
ANSWERblue jays carrying acorns over relatively long distances
During the last Ice Age, the forests of what are now the Great Plains and eastern
United States were dominated by - ANSWERwhite spruce
During the last ice age, the mixed hardwood forest that dominates most of the
Northeast and Appalachian region was located - ANSWERin two narrow bands on
either side of the Mississippi River Valley
During the last ice age, Alaska and Siberia were connected by a land mass known
as - ANSWERBeringia
Megafauna were - ANSWERlarge mammals of the Pleistocene such as the woolly
mammoth and mastodon
Migration of American chestnut from its Pleistocene range in the higher elevations
along the Mississippi Valley to its range throughout the Appalachians and southern
New England - ANSWERwas slower by several thousand years than other species
Northern forests that can tolerate cold winters and short, cool summers are
sometimes known as - ANSWERboreal forests
The Pleistocene - ANSWERwas the last ice age
,The Vikings settled Greenland, Pacific Islanders sailed to Hawai'i and New Zealand,
the English cultivated vineyards and made wine, and the Anasazi and Cahokian
cultures flourished in North America during the period in the climate history known as
the - ANSWERmedical warm period
The forest type that dominated the American forest during the last Ice Age is now
found largely in - ANSWERnorthern Canada and central Alaska
The last Ice Age was known as the - ANSWERPleistocene Epoch
The northern forests that extend from Alaska through northern Canada and from
Scandinavia through Siberia are dominated by - ANSWERsoftwoods
The tropical forests of the world are dominated by - ANSWERhardwoods
The vegetation that is found in tundra are grass-like sedges (plants with triangular-
shaped leaves), grasses, herbs, lichens, mosses and scattered small sages. -
ANSWERtrue
The vegetative cover that exists immediately south of Northern Hemisphere glaciers
is referred to as - ANSWERTundra
A milpa is - ANSWERthe technique of growing maize, squash, and beans together
American Indian activist and actor, Russell Means abhors the term Native American.
- ANSWERtrue
Andrew Ellicott Douglass studied patterns in tree rings to try to find evidence of -
ANSWERsunspots and other solar activity
Andrew Ellicott Douglass - ANSWERdeveloped the methodology of
dendrochronology
Chaco Canyon is located in - ANSWERNew Mexico
Clovis Point is - ANSWERa spear point
Henry F. Dobyns estimated that the Indian population at the time of Columbus was
approximately 18 million based upon - ANSWERstudy of the birth and death records
in the Jesuit missions and cathedrals of Mexico and Per
It is believed that Indians migrated from Siberia to the New World - ANSWERall of
the above
maize - ANSWERis believed to have been created by selective breeding by the
people of Mesoamerica
, Mitochondrial DNA studies of American Indians reveal that their ancestors probably -
ANSWERarrived in three or four migrations first dating back perhaps 30,000 years
ago
Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon was occupied approximately - ANSWER1,000 yr
Richard Wetherill and Neil Judd led archeological expeditions in Chaco Canyon that
revealed much of what we know about the - ANSWERanasazi
The Anasazi were the pre-Columbian culture that - ANSWERbuilt cliff dwellings
The Clovis-First Theory - ANSWERhas fallen out of favor with most
The Norte Chico region on the coast of Peru - ANSWERall of the above
The archeological site at Chaco Canyon is dominated by - ANSWERa number of
stone apartment-like structures built on the canyon floor
The archeological site at Mesa Verde is dominated by - ANSWERstone apartment-
like structures built on the side of a cliff
The archeological site at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico - ANSWERis where the
technique of dendrochronology was first employed to determine the dates that the
site was occupied
The archeological site at Cahokia, Illinois - ANSWERis believed to have been a
center for trade among the mound-builders of the Mississippi Valley
The culture that built the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado and large
apartment-like structures in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico is known as the -
ANSWERanasazi
The descendants of the people who occupied Chaco Canyon - ANSWERare the
modern Pueblo Indians
The discovery of the archeological remnants of an advanced civilization in the Norte
Chico region of Peru - ANSWERwere not made until the 21st century
he inner, lighter-colored, less dense, inner portion of a growth ring in wood is known
as - ANSWERearlywood
The milpa - ANSWERall of the above
A recent generation of anthropologists and botanists describe much of the Amazon
rainforest as - ANSWERa human-created landscape
According to Charles Mann, the Pilgrims of Massachusetts observed a scene of
death among Indian populations that was caused by - ANSWERsmallpox
