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Final Review Flashcards

1
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What tern refers to soil related damage either through compaction, tire rutting, or erosion during harvest?

A

Site Damage

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2
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Which harvesting method is ideal for planter mobility when regenerating the site?

A

Full Tree

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3
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On forest harvesting operations, sorting is best done where?

A

At the stump

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4
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What process does the harvester processor?

A

Load a truck

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5
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What is the downfall of using a self loading truck?

A

Truck can’t take as big of a load of wood

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6
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What is an advantage of a grapple skidder?

A

Don’t have to leave the vehicle when loading

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7
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What are the 3 types of skidders?

A

-grapple
-clam bunk
-line

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8
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What is a slope that goes uphill when brining load to a processing site?

A

Adverse

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9
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What is the maximum % slope you will encounter without a sign warning?

A

6%

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9
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What does tenure mean?

A

Ownership pattern or arrangement

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9
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Which harvesting method requires a minimal amount of roadside landing?

A

Cut To Length

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10
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What is Afforestation?

A

Planting trees on an area where there hasn’t been a crop for at least 50 years

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10
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What is a seeds place of origin?

A

Provenance

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11
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What must a tree be to be considered tree length wood?

A

-felled
-bunched
-topped

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12
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What piece of equipment is not needed if you have a feller buncher?

A

Porter forwarder

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13
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What is Reforestation?

A

Establishing a forest crop within 5 years

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14
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Which truck / trailer displaces the most eight?

A

Super “B” Train

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15
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What piece of harvesting equipment is fastest for wood forwarding?

A

Skidder

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16
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What is Site Occupancy?

A

The amount of land taken up by roads and landings during harvest

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17
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What are small cables that attach to the main line of a skidder that are meant to be wrapped around individual logs called?

A

Chockers

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18
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What is the maximum % slope a train can sustain?

A

2%

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19
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What 2 pieces of forestry equipment are designed to buck wood?

A

Slasher and Harvester processor

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20
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What is Regeneration?

A

When the desirable species grows back on a site?

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21
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What is the part of the tree that is free from branches?

A

Bole

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22
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What are the biggest advantage of tracked vehicles?

A

Little soil impact

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23
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What piece of forestry equipment can harvest wood from the farthest distance?

A

Line Skidder

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24
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What is vegetation?

A

When a non desirable species grows on a harvest site

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25
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What species is currently worth the most money on a m3 basis in Saskatchewan?

A

White Birch

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26
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What is Stumpage?

A

Money paid for the rights to harvest and keep wood off of someone else’s land

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27
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What is deforestaion?

A

To take an area put of forest production

28
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What is a slasher?

A

A mechanical device used at roadside for bucking trees to uniform size

29
Q

What is the term for Saskatchewan royalty rates that go towards regeneration costs?

A

Fees

30
Q

The Cut To Length takes up how much road side landing space?

A

Minimal

31
Q

what specie bring the most money to Saskatchewan?

A

White Spruce

32
Q

What are two ways why planation wood cheaper to harvest

A

-Roads are already established
-Will not have to deal with undesirables such as vegetation

33
Q

What are 3 advantages of using wood?

A

-Renewable
-Require little energy
-Less detrimental impacts on the environment

34
Q

what is the number one use for wood on the planet?

A

Fuelwood

35
Q

What is the greatest % of land that roads, landings and ski trails can take up in a harvest area?

A

16%

36
Q

Are porters and feller bunchers designed to be used together?

A

No

37
Q

What is an Unproductive Forest Site?

A

When the site cannot produce a commercial volume within a reasonable amount of time

38
Q

What is the most economical way of harvesting trees with a low volume or value?

A

Clearcut

39
Q

How many gymnosperm tree species are in Canada’s forest?

A

31

40
Q

What is the most shade tolerant tree species in Saskatchewan?

A

Balsam Fir

41
Q

What forest region is tyfified by Red Spruce?

A

Acadian

42
Q

What is the natural seeding distance of trees?

A

2H

43
Q

Do most angiosperm species shut down before or after conifers?

A

After

44
Q

What forest region is Canada’s most southern point located in?

A

Deciduous

45
Q

what is the term for plant species with male and female trees?

A

Dioecious

46
Q

What tree has the strongest and longest fibers?

A

Black Spruce

47
Q

How old are Canada’s forests?

A

10,000 years

48
Q

Which conifer species is typical of the easter Boreal forest?

A

Balsam Fir

49
Q

Which conifer species is typical of the central Boreal forest?

A

Jack Pine

50
Q

Which conifer species is typical of the western Boreal forest?

A

Lodgepole Pine

51
Q

Which crown shape would be the next to die off?

A

Suppressed

52
Q

What carries photosynthesis products up the tree?

A

Xylem

53
Q

What tree species grows all across Canada?

A

Black Spruce

54
Q

What is the term for cone bearing?

A

Conifer

55
Q

What is a shade intolerant tree?

A

A tree that needs full sunlight and cannot live in the shade

56
Q

What is deliquescent?

A

When a central tree stem is divided in their lower portion due to branching

57
Q

What is it called when buds break in the spring?

A

Flushing

58
Q

Which forest region is richest in hardwood components?

A

Deciduous

59
Q

The previous growth of these may indicate site capability

A

Leaders

60
Q

Which forest region chases up river valleys?

A

Columbian

61
Q

What is a large seeded tree located in Ontario?

A

Walnut

62
Q

What species is not a true Fir?

A

Douglas Fir

63
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A
64
Q

What tree is not large seeded and found in the Deciduous forest region?

A

Oak

65
Q

What are the 2 components of Silva Culture?

A

-Stand Establishment
-Stand Tending

66
Q

What 2 features are required to interpret a site index curve?

A

Age and Height

67
Q

What crown shape will produce in the next little while?

A

Free To Grow

68
Q

Why does Saskatchewan have a limited variety of tree species growing?

A

Our winter temperatures limit species

69
Q

What method of asexual reproduction is typical of Black Spruce in a poor site?

A

Layering

70
Q

What is the term for a tree that takes up more than it’s economic existence?

A

Wold Tree

71
Q

What is girdling?

A

When you make an incision around the tree with the hopes of killing it

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