ISP 203B FINAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Analyze the environmental, social, and economic risks and benefits
associated with rebuilding in areas prone to wildfires
Answer: Rebuilding in wildfire-prone areas comes with risks like putting
people back into high-fuel areas, repeating evacuations, and dealing with
high costs. Rebuilding can help restore community and support local
recovery by bringing back jobs and spending. It's a trade-off between
long-term safety concerns and the need for community.
●● Are wildfires natural? What impacts do they have on ecosystems?
Answer: Yes, wildfires are natural. They thin closely spaced trees,
reduce understory fuel, and allow different trees of different species and
ages to grow.
●● California "Camp Fire" case study
Answer: Started because of a faulty powerline in dry and windy
conditions. This fire spread super quick, which destroyed Paradise. It is
one of California's deadliest wildfires.
●● Did lightning or humans cause more wildfires from 1992-2012?
, Answer: Humans caused more wildfires in this time period from things
like campfires, equipment, powerlines, ect
●● Difference between fuel load types - which catch fire faster than
others?
Answer: Light, dry fuels catch fire the fastest. Heavier and denser fuels
burn slow but really hot.
●● Discharge
Answer: The amount of water flowing in a river at one specific time
●● Droughts
Answer: influence wildfire behavior because they dry out vegetation,
creating more available fuel.
●● Evaluate the connection between climate change and wildfires
Answer: Climate change is making wildfires happen more frequently
and harder to control them. Warmer temperatures dry out fuel, which
gives fires the availability to burn longer and more intensely.
●● Flashfloods
Answer: Flash floods happen very quickly, caused by heavy rain, and
can be extremely dangerous.
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Analyze the environmental, social, and economic risks and benefits
associated with rebuilding in areas prone to wildfires
Answer: Rebuilding in wildfire-prone areas comes with risks like putting
people back into high-fuel areas, repeating evacuations, and dealing with
high costs. Rebuilding can help restore community and support local
recovery by bringing back jobs and spending. It's a trade-off between
long-term safety concerns and the need for community.
●● Are wildfires natural? What impacts do they have on ecosystems?
Answer: Yes, wildfires are natural. They thin closely spaced trees,
reduce understory fuel, and allow different trees of different species and
ages to grow.
●● California "Camp Fire" case study
Answer: Started because of a faulty powerline in dry and windy
conditions. This fire spread super quick, which destroyed Paradise. It is
one of California's deadliest wildfires.
●● Did lightning or humans cause more wildfires from 1992-2012?
, Answer: Humans caused more wildfires in this time period from things
like campfires, equipment, powerlines, ect
●● Difference between fuel load types - which catch fire faster than
others?
Answer: Light, dry fuels catch fire the fastest. Heavier and denser fuels
burn slow but really hot.
●● Discharge
Answer: The amount of water flowing in a river at one specific time
●● Droughts
Answer: influence wildfire behavior because they dry out vegetation,
creating more available fuel.
●● Evaluate the connection between climate change and wildfires
Answer: Climate change is making wildfires happen more frequently
and harder to control them. Warmer temperatures dry out fuel, which
gives fires the availability to burn longer and more intensely.
●● Flashfloods
Answer: Flash floods happen very quickly, caused by heavy rain, and
can be extremely dangerous.
