Question 1

Land trusts are _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  private nonprofit groups 
B)  municipal government entities 
C)  state government entities 
D)  corporations 
E)  federal government entities 
A)  private nonprofit groups 
B)  municipal government entities 
C)  state government entities 
D)  corporations 
E)  federal government entities A

Question 2

Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  shrubs and other ground cover plants are absent 
B)  they are frequently logged using clear-cutting 
C)  in the early stages of recovering from logging 
D)  they are mature and exhibit a multi-level canopy 
E)  they are frequently burned 
A)  shrubs and other ground cover plants are absent 
B)  they are frequently logged using clear-cutting 
C)  in the early stages of recovering from logging 
D)  they are mature and exhibit a multi-level canopy 
E)  they are frequently burned D

Question 3

Deforestation _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  causes population explosions 
B)  has the greatest impacts in tropical areas and arid regions 
C)  is not widespread in North America 
D)  prevents erosion 
E)  decreases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 
A)  causes population explosions 
B)  has the greatest impacts in tropical areas and arid regions 
C)  is not widespread in North America 
D)  prevents erosion 
E)  decreases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere B

Question 4

What part of American history makes it difficult for us to suggest halting deforestation in the tropical rain forest? How did deforestation proceed in the United States? Why is deforestation there different than it was here?

Accepted Answer

Timber harvesting propelled the growth o

Question 5

The National Forest Management Act _____________ national forest land.

Accepted Answer

A)  was passed in 1976 with the intent to ensure multiple use and sustainable yield of 
B)  was passed by the Bush administration in 2004 to loosen environmental protections and restricting public oversight of 
C)  directs timber companies to remove small trees, underbrush, and dead trees to reduce fires in 
D)  was passed to set up the formation of land trusts on 
E)  offers subsidies to timber companies for road building on 
A)  was passed in 1976 with the intent to ensure multiple use and sustainable yield of 
B)  was passed by the Bush administration in 2004 to loosen environmental protections and restricting public oversight of 
C)  directs timber companies to remove small trees, underbrush, and dead trees to reduce fires in 
D)  was passed to set up the formation of land trusts on 
E)  offers subsidies to timber companies for road building on

Question 6

Choose the item best matches each item in the following:
-Private land trust that purchases and protects areas in natural condition

Accepted Answer

A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 7

Use the figure above to answer the following question
-Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations _____________ of the pictured curve.

Accepted Answer

A)  at the bottom 
B)  to the right 
C)  at the top 
D)  to the left 
E)  in the middle 
A)  at the bottom 
B)  to the right 
C)  at the top 
D)  to the left 
E)  in the middle

Question 8

Why do we need stretches of uninhabited and undeveloped land?

Accepted Answer

Large stretches of undeveloped land prov

Question 9

Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging?

Accepted Answer

A)  Local residents use most of the timber, and the government does not want to impose restrictions on its citizens. 
B)  There is an infinite supply of timber because wood is a renewable resource. 
C)  No ancient forests remain in developing nations. 
D)  They are desperate for economic development. 
E)  Most timber is extracted by local corporations that support the government. 
A)  Local residents use most of the timber, and the government does not want to impose restrictions on its citizens. 
B)  There is an infinite supply of timber because wood is a renewable resource. 
C)  No ancient forests remain in developing nations. 
D)  They are desperate for economic development. 
E)  Most timber is extracted by local corporations that support the government.

Question 10

Choose the item best matches each item in the following:
-Mission is to protect natural resources for future generations through use restrictions and prohibition of resource extraction, but provides public access for current enjoyment

Accepted Answer

A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 11

Choose the item best matches each item in the following:
-Established under the leadership of Gifford Pinchot to manage forests for
ʺthe greatest good of the greatest number in the long runʺ

Accepted Answer

A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization 
A) World Heritage sites 
B) Environmental Protection Agency 
C) Bureau of Land Management 
D) National Park Service 
E) U.S. Forest Service
F)wilderness areas
G)Nature Conservancy
H)UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Question 12

The forests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from which your text book was made are _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  harvested by clear-cutting 
B)  have no mature trees 
C)  harvested using ecosystem-based management 
D)  suffer from erosion and heavy pesticide use 
E)  plantation forests of pine and spruce 
A)  harvested by clear-cutting 
B)  have no mature trees 
C)  harvested using ecosystem-based management 
D)  suffer from erosion and heavy pesticide use 
E)  plantation forests of pine and spruce

Question 13

Paper parks are _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  portions of the wilderness areas where timber harvesting is permitted 
B)  land trust areas where timber harvesting is permitted 
C)  parks established where timber harvesters formerly harvested wood for paper mills 
D)  portions of the national parks where timber harvesting is permitted 
E)  areas protected on paper but not in reality due to lack of funding 
A)  portions of the wilderness areas where timber harvesting is permitted 
B)  land trust areas where timber harvesting is permitted 
C)  parks established where timber harvesters formerly harvested wood for paper mills 
D)  portions of the national parks where timber harvesting is permitted 
E)  areas protected on paper but not in reality due to lack of funding

Question 14

Ecosystem-based timber harvesting uses methods that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  have the greatest impacts on forest ecosystems 
B)  leave seed-producing or mature trees uncut to provide for future forests 
C)  are ecologically harmless 
D)  are the most cost efficient in the short term 
E)  are very popular with timber companies 
A)  have the greatest impacts on forest ecosystems 
B)  leave seed-producing or mature trees uncut to provide for future forests 
C)  are ecologically harmless 
D)  are the most cost efficient in the short term 
E)  are very popular with timber companies

Question 15

What are the traditional reasons for the development of parks and protected areas? What other reasons have been added recently?

Accepted Answer

First is the belief that enormous, beaut

Question 16

Briefly discuss the components of a sustainable forestry program and the meaning of FSC certified forest products.

Accepted Answer

Sustainable forestry implies not only th

Question 17

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
The western United States contains a series of tall mountain ranges that also extend far down into Mexico. The largest of these ranges are the Rockies and the Sierra Madres, but they are all part of the same mountain -building event that occurred many millions of years ago, and they all have similar features. However, the biodiversity of the southernmost mountains has more connection to that of Central America, while the biodiversity of the Rockies shares more affinity with temperate North American species. Still, much of the forest vegetation on these mountaintops is the same, or very similar, and they are often referred to as the ʺSky Islandsʺ because of their similarity to each other and their isolation from the lower, often drier, areas surrounding them. With global climate change producing increasingly visible effects, conservation biologists fear that these mountaintop ecosystems will undergo major changes in temperature and humidity and that the many endemic species that live there may literally have no place to go.
-An effective strategy for protecting the endemic species of the Sky Islands could be to _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  protect as many adjacent Sky Islands as possible, giving wildlife corridors to move between mountaintops 
B)  introduce drought tolerant species into all the Sky Islands 
C)  protect one large Sky Island at each end of the mountain chain and allow logging and development in the others 
D)  protect the smallest Sky Islands and leave the rest open to logging and development 
E)  prevent immigration and emigration between the Islands 
A)  protect as many adjacent Sky Islands as possible, giving wildlife corridors to move between mountaintops 
B)  introduce drought tolerant species into all the Sky Islands 
C)  protect one large Sky Island at each end of the mountain chain and allow logging and development in the others 
D)  protect the smallest Sky Islands and leave the rest open to logging and development 
E)  prevent immigration and emigration between the Islands

Question 18

Use the figure above to answer the following question
-Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations at the position named in the question above because it ___________________

Accepted Answer

A)  represents the point just before dieback of the population 
B)  represents the carrying capacity 
C)  delivers the maximum sustainable timber yield 
D)  best protects predators 
E)  best protects habitat 
A)  represents the point just before dieback of the population 
B)  represents the carrying capacity 
C)  delivers the maximum sustainable timber yield 
D)  best protects predators 
E)  best protects habitat

Question 19

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
The western United States contains a series of tall mountain ranges that also extend far down into Mexico. The largest of these ranges are the Rockies and the Sierra Madres, but they are all part of the same mountain -building event that occurred many millions of years ago, and they all have similar features. However, the biodiversity of the southernmost mountains has more connection to that of Central America, while the biodiversity of the Rockies shares more affinity with temperate North American species. Still, much of the forest vegetation on these mountaintops is the same, or very similar, and they are often referred to as the ʺSky Islandsʺ because of their similarity to each other and their isolation from the lower, often drier, areas surrounding them. With global climate change producing increasingly visible effects, conservation biologists fear that these mountaintop ecosystems will undergo major changes in temperature and humidity and that the many endemic species that live there may literally have no place to go.
-The tendency of humans to want to live in these Sky Islands, visit them for recreation, and use them for lumber or for wood pulp, causes _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increased habitat fragmentation and alteration 
B)  increased genetic diversity 
C)  increased transitional areas 
D)  increased buffer zones 
E)  major changes in local climate 
A)  increased habitat fragmentation and alteration 
B)  increased genetic diversity 
C)  increased transitional areas 
D)  increased buffer zones 
E)  major changes in local climate

Question 20

Second-growth forests _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are forests that establish themselves after virgin timber has been removed from an area 
B)  are those forests in the National Parks that are protected from logging 
C)  are forests whose timber has second-rate value 
D)  are less abundant on Earth today than they were 500 years ago 
E)  in North America are mostly in British Columbia and Alaska 
A)  are forests that establish themselves after virgin timber has been removed from an area 
B)  are those forests in the National Parks that are protected from logging 
C)  are forests whose timber has second-rate value 
D)  are less abundant on Earth today than they were 500 years ago 
E)  in North America are mostly in British Columbia and Alaska

Land trusts are _____________.

Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when _____________.

Deforestation _____________.

What part of American history makes it difficult for us to suggest halting deforestation in the tropical rain forest? How did deforestation proceed in the United States? Why is deforestation there different than it was here?

The National Forest Management Act _____________ national forest land.

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Private land trust that purchases and protects areas in natural condition

Use the figure above to answer the following question -Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations _____________ of the pictured curve.

Why do we need stretches of uninhabited and undeveloped land?

Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging?

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Mission is to protect natural resources for future generations through use restrictions and prohibition of resource extraction, but provides public access for current enjoyment

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Established under the leadership of Gifford Pinchot to manage forests for ʺthe greatest good of the greatest number in the long runʺ

The forests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from which your text book was made are _____________.

Paper parks are _____________.

Ecosystem-based timber harvesting uses methods that _____________.

What are the traditional reasons for the development of parks and protected areas? What other reasons have been added recently?

Briefly discuss the components of a sustainable forestry program and the meaning of FSC certified forest products.

Use the figure above to answer the following question -Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations at the position named in the question above because it ___________________

Second-growth forests _____________.

Science and Sustainability: an Introduction to Environmental Science

Environmental Systems: Matter, Energy, and Ecosystems

Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology

Species Interactions and Community Ecology

Economics, Policy, and Sustainable Development

Human Population

Soil, Agriculture, and the Future of Food

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Environmental Health and Toxicology

Geology, Minerals, and Mining

Fresh Water, Oceans, and Coasts

Atmospheric Science, Air Quality, and Pollution Control

Global Climate Change

Nonrenewable Energy Sources, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation

Renewable Energy Alternatives

Managing Our Waste

The Urban Environment: Creating Sustainable Cities

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Exam 9: Forests, Forest Management, and Protected Areas

Land trusts are _____________.

Forests reach their greatest ecological complexity when _____________.

Deforestation _____________.

What part of American history makes it difficult for us to suggest halting deforestation in the tropical rain forest? How did deforestation proceed in the United States? Why is deforestation there different than it was here?

The National Forest Management Act _____________ national forest land.

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Private land trust that purchases and protects areas in natural condition

Use the figure above to answer the following question -Most forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations _____________ of the pictured curve.

Why do we need stretches of uninhabited and undeveloped land?

Why do developing nations impose few or no restrictions on logging?

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Mission is to protect natural resources for future generations through use restrictions and prohibition of resource extraction, but provides public access for current enjoyment

Choose the item best matches each item in the following: -Established under the leadership of Gifford Pinchot to manage forests for ʺthe greatest good of the greatest number in the long runʺ

The forests in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from which your text book was made are _____________.

Paper parks are _____________.

Ecosystem-based timber harvesting uses methods that _____________.

What are the traditional reasons for the development of parks and protected areas? What other reasons have been added recently?

Briefly discuss the components of a sustainable forestry program and the meaning of FSC certified forest products.

Use the figure above to answer the following question -Many forest resource managers aim to maintain resource populations at the position named in the question above because it ___________________

Second-growth forests _____________.

Science and Sustainability: an Introduction to Environmental Science

Environmental Systems: Matter, Energy, and Ecosystems

Evolution, Biodiversity, and Population Ecology

Species Interactions and Community Ecology

Economics, Policy, and Sustainable Development

Human Population

Soil, Agriculture, and the Future of Food

Biodiversity and Conservation Biology

Environmental Health and Toxicology

Geology, Minerals, and Mining

Fresh Water, Oceans, and Coasts

Atmospheric Science, Air Quality, and Pollution Control

Global Climate Change

Nonrenewable Energy Sources, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation

Renewable Energy Alternatives

Managing Our Waste

The Urban Environment: Creating Sustainable Cities

Epilogue

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