Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A place where many kinds of
trees or shrubs are grown for display and study is known as a/an __________.
a. | terrarium | c. | arboretum | b. | arborvitae | d. | forest plantation |
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The scientific management of
forests for the continuous production of gods and services is known as
_________.
a. | silviculture | b. | dendrology | c. | forestry | d. | arboriculture |
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The science of viewing objects
in three dimensions is called __________.
a. | stereoscopy | b. | dendrology | c. | cruising | d. | arboriculture |
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The science of producing and
caring for a forest is called ______.
a. | dendrology | b. | silviculture | c. | scaling | d. | stereoscopy |
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Identification and systematic
classification of trees is called ______.
a. | botany | b. | silviculture | c. | dendrology | d. | stereoscopy |
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The science that deal with
insects in their relation to forests and forest products.
a. | histology | b. | entomology | c. | pathology | d. | ecology |
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The science that deals with
diseases in their relation to forests and forest products.
a. | ornithology | b. | entomology | c. | pathology | d. | zoology |
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Term referring to cutting down
of tress is called ________.
a. | felling | c. | skidding | b. | bucking | d. | none of these are correct |
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Cutting the trunk of a tree
into suitable lengths is called _________.
a. | felling | b. | bucking | c. | thinning | d. | cruising |
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The amount or volume of timber
in an area is estimated by men called ________.
a. | loggers | c. | buckers | b. | cruisers | d. | all of these are correct |
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_______ is a term that refers
to barrel making with wood.
a. | cooperage | b. | cruising | c. | pulping | d. | skidding |
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A person that works with lumber
in making barrels is called a _______.
a. | carpenter | c. | cooper | b. | plumber | d. | all of these are correct |
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A person that works with lumber
in building houses is called a _____.
a. | carpenter | c. | cooper | b. | plumber | d. | none of these are correct |
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The machine in a large mill
that rips rough edges off of boards and cuts them to standard widths is a
________.
a. | trimmer
saw | b. | chain
saw | c. | edger | d. | planer |
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Deciduous forests are
______.
a. | generally classed as
hardwoods | c. | generally lose
their leaves in the fall | b. | broadleaf trees | d. | all of these are correct |
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Coniferous forests are
______.
a. | cone bearing
trees | c. | generally considered
softwoods | b. | typically evergreen in the northern U.S. | d. | all of these are correct |
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Savannas are
______.
a. | grasslands characterized by
scattered trees | b. | composed mostly of softwoods | c. | composed mostly of
hardwoods | d. | located in regions with cold winters and short growing
seasons |
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Boreal forests are
______.
a. | located in regions that have cold
winters and short growth seasons | b. | also called taiga | c. | found in northern Europe and Northern
America | d. | all of these are correct |
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Browse refers to
________.
a. | the tender parts of plants that
animals feed on | b. | vectors of disease | c. | defoliators of shrubs | d. | none of these are
correct |
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Insects that carry disease are
called ________.
a. | defoliators | c. | bifurcates | b. | vectors | d. | all of these are correct |
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Defoliators
________.
a. | eat leaves off of
trees | b. | cause stems or laves to develop growths or
swellings | c. | are disease carrying insects | d. | cut off the supply of water to the branches of a
tree |
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The care, protection, and
cultivation of trees primarily for shade or landscape effects is called_______.
a. | silviculture | b. | pomology | c. | arboriculture | d. | dendrology |
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Wood cut or prepared primarily
for manufacture into paper and fiver products is called _______.
a. | fuelwood | b. | cordwood | c. | sapwood | d. | pulpwood |
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A township
_______.
a. | is generally 6 miles
square | b. | is a division of a county with a local
government | c. | contains 36 sections | d. | all of these are
correct |
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Live trees of commercial
species 1 inch to 5 inches in diameter at breast height and of good form and vigor are
_______.
a. | seedlings | c. | sawtimber | b. | saplings | d. | pulpwood |
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