Ch 1-2

Question 0

What is the second value of forestry

Answer 0

Forest keep winters warmer and summers cooler

Question 1

Whats the first value of forrestry

Answer 1

The best soils are found in the forrest, trees keep the soil from washing and blowing away

Question 2

What is the third value of forestry

Answer 2

Forest purify water, create conditions that keep an abundance of resources

Question 3

What is the fourth value of forestry

Answer 3

Air is purified and replenished by trees

Question 4

What is the fifth vale of forestry

Answer 4

Provide wood from many humans to use for many reasons

Question 5

What is the sixth reason for forestry

Answer 5

Source of raw materials

Question 6

How much of pei is woodland?

Answer 6

48%

Question 7

How much of Canada is woodland?

Answer 7

45%

Question 8

How much of peis woodland is privately owned

Answer 8

90%

Question 9

How much of Canadas wood land is privately owned

Answer 9

9%

Question 10

What is stewardship?

Answer 10

To protect something, Stewards don’t necessarily own the item but they are responsible to cared and nurture of the item.

Question 11

Sustainability

Answer 11

The ability to use the forest with out damaging or reducing the production or quality of the forest for the future

Question 12

. Studying something for its own sake, motivated by the by the desire to expand human knowledge of the universe… Gov and uni conduct these experiments

Answer 12

Basic science

Question 13

Science directed toward the development of technology or the development of products which can be marketed by industrial society

Answer 13

Applied science

Question 14

What is soil

Answer 14

Soil is the thin layer of a material on the earths surface in which land plants grow. A well developed, healthy soil is a dynamic system of plants, gases minerals, decomposing organic matter and water

Question 15

Can soil be destroyed

Answer 15

Yes, by a process of weathering which helped create the soil also destroys the soil. Soil easily destroys when the bonds between the soil particles are eliminated. 1 cm of soil takes up to 500 years.

Question 16

First soil texture

Answer 16

Sand- the largest particle, feels loose and gritty. Providing spaces for the air and water in the soil which plants need

Question 17

The second typeof soil texture

Answer 17

Slit- the smallest particle size, slit particles help slow the movement of water through the soil. Allowing plants the opportunity to absorb the moisture

Question 18

Whats the third type of soil

Answer 18

Clay- any particle whose diameter is less than 0.002, clay particles gives soil a sticky texture, like glue.

Question 19

Weathering caused by glaciation, wind and water erosion, freezing and thawing cycles.

Answer 19

Physical

Question 20

Weathering caused by mild acids, formed by water interacting with atmosphere gases or minerals in the rocks

Answer 20

Chemical

Question 21

Agents can colonize bare minerals surfaces

Answer 21

Biological

Question 22

What is loam soil

Answer 22

Loam soil is a mixture of the three soil types, if one texture predominates then the soil is called x-loam ex. Slit loam

Question 23

The amount of space between the soil particles

Answer 23

Soil porosity

Question 24

The crushing or collapsing of the soils pores, has the greatest effects on the soil porosity

Answer 24

Soil compaction

Question 25

Contains alkaline soil

Answer 25

Sweet soil

Question 26

A natural acid

Answer 26

Sour soil

Question 27

What is acid precipitation

Answer 27

Rain snow or fog with pH lower than 5.6 damaging effects on lakes and streams in the Maritimes harmful effects on our forced to acid precipitation is the cost of forest decline in the industrial world

Question 28

What is soil reduction what does it erode

Answer 28

Soil erosion can occur at a very rapid rate was the soil has been denuded vegetation cover. 7500 kg of soil is lost and one year from denuded ground i’m at 12% slope. The sun and wind can dry the soil and destroy the bonds that hold her close together

Question 29

Soil filtration and water storage

Answer 29

The movement of the water through the soil does two things it slows the speed of the water through the drainage system. It also filters out many impurities

Question 30

What makes filterration so important

Answer 30

Due to our industrial and agricultural development more and more harmful substances are finding their way to our drinking water

Question 31

What is organic and inorganic matter

Answer 31

Litter of fallen flowers, Twigs, branches, leaves and bark; and animal shit and bodies contribute to organic matter in the soil. dying Roots deposit their organic matter deep within the soil. As they digest organic matter, they converted into constituent elements or compound. These, intern become nutrients for the plants, and the cycle continues