CHAPTER 13

Question 1

CLEAR-CUTTING

Answer 1

A logging practice in which all the trees in a stand of forest are cut, leaving just the stumps.

Question 2

CONSERVATION EASEMENT

Answer 2

A legal agreement that protects privately owned forest, rangeland, or other property from development for a specified number of years.

Question 3

DEFORESTATION

Answer 3

The temporary or permanent clearance of large expanses of forest for agriculture or other uses.

Question 4

DESERTIFICATION

Answer 4

Degradation of once fertile rangeland or tropical dry forest into nonproductive desert.

Question 5

HABITAT CORRIDOR

Answer 5

A protected zone that connects isolated unlogged or undeveloped areas.

Question 6

MONOCULTURE

Answer 6

Ecological simplification in which only one type of plant is cultivated over a large area.

Question 7

OVERGRAZING

Answer 7

A situation that occurs when too many grazing animals consume the plants in a particular area, leaving the vegetation destroyed and unable to recover.

Question 8

RANGELAND

Answer 8

Grassland area that is not intensively managed and is used for grazing livestock.

Question 9

SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY

Answer 9

The use and management of forest ecosystems in an environmentally balanced and enduring way.

Question 10

WILDERNESS

Answer 10

A protected area of land in which no human development is permitted.