Environmental Science Unit test study Guide

Question 1

resource management

Answer 1

using resources without depleting them

Question 2

maximum sustainable yield

Answer 2

amount of a resource that can be harvested without reducing the amount of future harvests

Question 3

ecosystem - based management

Answer 3

harvesting resources in ways that minimize the impact on the ecosystem that provide them

Question 4

adaptive management

Answer 4

customized approach to managing resources that has been developed through scientific testing

Question 5

even-aged

Answer 5

condition in timber plantation where all trees are the same age

Question 6

uneven-aged

Answer 6

condition in timber plantation where all trees are different age

Question 7

clear-cutting

Answer 7

method of harvesting tree in which all trees in an area are cut at once

Question 8

deforestation

Answer 8

clearing forest for another land to use

Question 8

seed-tree approach

Answer 8

harvesting trees in which a small number of mature and healthy seed producing trees are left standing so they can reseed an area that has been logged

Question 9

shelterwood approach

Answer 9

harvesting tree in which small number of mature trees are left in place to provide shelter for seedlings as they grow

Question 10

selection system

Answer 10

harvesting tree in which only some of the trees in the forest are cut at one time

Question 11

old-growth forest

Answer 11

forest that has never been logged

Question 12

multiple use

Question 13

monocultures

Question 14

prescribed burns

Question 15

salvage logging

Question 16

sustainable forestry certification