Forestry Final Exam UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Forestry - CORRECT ANSWER - The science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using,
conserving and repairing forests and associated resources, in a sustainable manner, to meet
desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit.
Climate Change - CORRECT ANSWER - A significant and persistent change in the mean
state of the climate or its variability.
Forest ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of interactions between forest community
and their environment.
Forest stand - CORRECT ANSWER - The basic unit of forest mapping; a group of trees
that are more or less homogeneous with regard to species composition, density, size, and
sometimes habitat.
Watershed - CORRECT ANSWER - The total area of a catchment that drains into a
particular stream or river.
Ecosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - Any complex of organisms and their environment
considered as a unit for the purpose of study.
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of interdependent plant and animal
populations.
Abiotic and Biotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Abiotic factors are the non-living
factors influencing the ecosystem such as wind, rain, sunlight, soil quality, and temperature.
Biotic factors are the living factors influencing the ecosystem, such as all the animals.
, Urban Forestry - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses the trees and forests where people
live based on community involvement in the long-term stewardship of trees and forests where
people live and directly benefit from their presence for varied uses.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) - CORRECT ANSWER - A practice or combination
of practices determined to be an effective or practicable means of preventing or reducing the
amount of water pollution generated by non-point sources.
Natural Resource-based Outdoor Recreation - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to leisure
activities completed in the natural environment that may be constructive, restorative, or
pleasurable.
Aboriculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Planting, care, and cultivation of trees and woody
vegetation, usually in a non-forest context.
Silviculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Art and science of controlling establishment,
growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values of
landowners and society on a sustainable basis.
Clearcutting - CORRECT ANSWER - Existing forest stand is entirely removed in order to
create a new community.
Shade tolerant vs. Shade intolerant - CORRECT ANSWER - Shade tolerant species are
species that can reproduce in a standing forest. Shade intolerant species must have the area
clearcut, so they can grow in direct sunlight.
Ecological Restoration and Restoration Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Restoring
ecosystems to a more natural condition. Separate field of ecology supporting the practice of
renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the
environment by active human intervention and action.
Wildlife Career Options - CORRECT ANSWER - Wildlife Manager, Wildlife Biologist,
Wildlife Educator, Public Educator and Outreach Specialist, Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer,
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Forestry - CORRECT ANSWER - The science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using,
conserving and repairing forests and associated resources, in a sustainable manner, to meet
desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit.
Climate Change - CORRECT ANSWER - A significant and persistent change in the mean
state of the climate or its variability.
Forest ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Study of interactions between forest community
and their environment.
Forest stand - CORRECT ANSWER - The basic unit of forest mapping; a group of trees
that are more or less homogeneous with regard to species composition, density, size, and
sometimes habitat.
Watershed - CORRECT ANSWER - The total area of a catchment that drains into a
particular stream or river.
Ecosystem - CORRECT ANSWER - Any complex of organisms and their environment
considered as a unit for the purpose of study.
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of interdependent plant and animal
populations.
Abiotic and Biotic Factors - CORRECT ANSWER - Abiotic factors are the non-living
factors influencing the ecosystem such as wind, rain, sunlight, soil quality, and temperature.
Biotic factors are the living factors influencing the ecosystem, such as all the animals.
, Urban Forestry - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses the trees and forests where people
live based on community involvement in the long-term stewardship of trees and forests where
people live and directly benefit from their presence for varied uses.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) - CORRECT ANSWER - A practice or combination
of practices determined to be an effective or practicable means of preventing or reducing the
amount of water pollution generated by non-point sources.
Natural Resource-based Outdoor Recreation - CORRECT ANSWER - Refers to leisure
activities completed in the natural environment that may be constructive, restorative, or
pleasurable.
Aboriculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Planting, care, and cultivation of trees and woody
vegetation, usually in a non-forest context.
Silviculture - CORRECT ANSWER - Art and science of controlling establishment,
growth, composition, health, and quality of forests to meet diverse needs and values of
landowners and society on a sustainable basis.
Clearcutting - CORRECT ANSWER - Existing forest stand is entirely removed in order to
create a new community.
Shade tolerant vs. Shade intolerant - CORRECT ANSWER - Shade tolerant species are
species that can reproduce in a standing forest. Shade intolerant species must have the area
clearcut, so they can grow in direct sunlight.
Ecological Restoration and Restoration Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - Restoring
ecosystems to a more natural condition. Separate field of ecology supporting the practice of
renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the
environment by active human intervention and action.
Wildlife Career Options - CORRECT ANSWER - Wildlife Manager, Wildlife Biologist,
Wildlife Educator, Public Educator and Outreach Specialist, Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer,
