True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or
false.
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Prescribed burns are called wildfires.
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The American Indian set wildfires to improve the hunting of game.
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3.
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Early settlers used wildfires to clear the land for cultivation.
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4.
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Most wildfires today are started by lightning.
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Fire is the principal hazard to the forest resources and the business of timber
growing.
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6.
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Fire is a chemical and physical phenomenon resulting from the quick combustion
of oxygen with another substance.
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7.
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The fire process is described as follows: fuel + light + heat = fire.
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Hot fires can kill all trees.
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Some trees have a higher resistance to fire.
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Some fires move quickly through the tops of trees at up the five miles per
hour.
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Fires are most likely to occur during the middle of the afternoon.
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The speed and direction of the wind governs the duration and rate of speed of a
fire.
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The steeper the terrain, the slower he fire will burn.
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The amount of water vapor in the air is measured as specific gravity.
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A high relative humidity, also means a high fuel moisture.
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As air pressure becomes warm, the air pressure becomes low at the earth’s
surface.
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Thunderstorms are important to fire management because they bring rain, winds,
and lightning.
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The larger pieces of fuels influence the rate of fire spread.
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A fire set accidentally can be considered a felony.
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20.
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When a fire is “backfired”, the area is burned out to remove the
fuel.
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Aircraft can be used to make aerial drops of fire retardants.
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The direct method of fighting fires is used on fast-burning fires.
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Firebreaks can be plowed around timber stands to protect them from fire.
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Disease cause mortality of trees, and the reduction in growth rate.
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All forest insects tend to be harmful to timber production.
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The study of forest tree diseases is called forest pathology.
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Disease destroys more timber than wildfires do.
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28.
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Damage to trees can be caused by both domestic and wild animals.
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29.
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Damage to trees can be caused by weather conditions.
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30.
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Trees can be damaged by gases and particles in the air.
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31.
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Generally air pollution harms the tree wood.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is not a type of forest fire?
a. | ground | b. | air | c. | surface | d. | crown |
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______ fires are those that burn from the top of trees and shrubs.
a. | ground | b. | air | c. | crown | d. | surface |
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_____ fires are those that burn surface litter.
a. | ground | b. | air | c. | surface | d. | crown |
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35.
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_____ fires are those that burn the organic materials beneath the surface
litter.
a. | ground | b. | air | c. | crown | d. | surface |
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36.
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Fire ____ is what a fire does.
a. | behavior | b. | action | c. | cause | d. | surface |
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When the air pressure increases as large amounts sink towards the earth’s
surface, it is called _____.
a. | weather | b. | storms | c. | highs | d. | lows |
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38.
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The seeding of clouds with ____ will trigger the release of rainfall from
existing clouds.
a. | salt | b. | silver iodine | c. | fertilizer | d. | dust |
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_____ are those efforts made before a fire starts as that it can be readily
controlled and extinguished.
a. | suppression | c. | indirect method | b. | direct method | d. | presuppression |
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Which of the following is not a job of fire suppression?
a. | rob and fire of fuel | c. | cut off the oxygen from the fire | b. | reduce the
fire’s temperature | d. | add fuel to the fire |
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The ____ attacks the fire at the burning edge, or fire line.
a. | airplane | c. | indirect method | b. | direct method | d. | mopping up |
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The _____ of fighting fire is used on the fire’s flanks or sides.
a. | indirect method | c. | mopping up method | b. | direct method | d. | fast method |
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43.
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The _____ involves cutting a firebreak some distance from the fire and
backfiring the intervening area.
a. | direct method | c. | mopping up method | b. | indirect method | d. | fire line
method |
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_____ may be inflicted by weather, domestic animals, wildlife, and even man.
a. | fire | c. | diseases | b. | insects | d. | mechanical
injuries |
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45.
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_____ cause serious damage to wood products, but can be avoided by treating
woods.
a. | fire | c. | diseases | b. | mechanical injury | d. | insects |
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The study of forest insects is called _____.
a. | forest entomology | c. | pathology | b. | insectology | d. | forest
insecticide |
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______ are insects that destroy he phloem and cambium tissues by chewing their
way through the outer and inner bark and girdling the tree.
a. | leaf eaters | b. | wood borers | c. | gall formers | d. | bark
beetles |
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_____ are insects that eat all or part of the foliage by chewing or cause
discoloration or malformation by sucking plant sap.
a. | leaf eaters | c. | tip feeders | b. | wood borers | d. | cone and seed
feeders |
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_____ are insects that injure the plant tissue so that various types of abnormal
swelling or galls are formed on the leaves, twigs, trunks, or roots.
a. | bark beetles | b. | leaf eater | c. | wood borers | d. | gall
formers |
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50.
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____ are insects that bore into the seed or chew holes through the cones, nuts,
or other fruit.
a. | tip feeders | c. | leaf eaters | b. | cone or seed feeders | d. | wood borers |
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____ are insects that feed on the growing tips by boring, eating the bark, or
girdling the twig.
a. | tip feeders | b. | leaf eaters | c. | seed feeders | d. | wood
borers |
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