Chapter 12.5

Question 1

What is the term for branches and logging debris left by loggers?

Answer 1

Slash

Question 2

What was the united agency Roosevelt created for better management of our country’s natural resources?

Answer 2

US Forest Service

Question 3

What is the practice of producing more trees than we cut down?

Answer 3

Sustainable forestry

Question 4

What is the scientific restoration of forests?

Answer 4

Reforestation

Question 5

What is a forest management system that causes the forest to grow better, stronger trees than it normally would?

Answer 5

Sustained yield management

Question 6

What is a constant, highly damaging danger to forests?

Answer 6

Fire

Question 7

What is the technique of deliberately setting fire to a patch of forest under controlled conditions?

Answer 7

Prescribed burning

Question 8

What are the five categories of tree killing insects?

Answer 8

1. Leaf-chewing insects
2. Leaf miners
3. Wood-eating insects
4. Sap-sucking insects
5. Gall-making insects

Question 9

What is the term for the technique animals use to eat trees band by band around the trunk?

Answer 9

Girdle