Vocab Flashcards
____ triangular leaf shape
a. Acicular
b. Obovate
c. Deltiod
d. Cordate
C
____ a wing-shaped fruit
a. Samara
b. Pome
c. Legume
d. Capsule
A
____ a woody tissue that conducts water, nutrients, and plant materials from the roots to the stems and leaves
a. Cambium
b. Xylem
c. Bole
d. Heartwood
B
____ a type of disease that occurs in trees as fungi break down the cellulose and lignin components of the cell
walls
a. White rot
b. Heart rot
c. Root rot
d. Brown rot
A
____ a measurement of timber volume that may be determined for a single tree or an entire forest
a. Timber yield
b. Timber product inventory
c. Basal area
d. Board foot volume
C
____ a harvest method in which all of the trees in the stand are cut at the same time
a. Selection cutting
b. Logging
c. Stand improvement
d. Clear cutting
D
____ a reconstituted board contining a high percentage of wood shaving in the central core with layers of wood
flakes on either side of the core and fine sawdust near the surface
a. Particleboard
b. OSB
c. Fiberboard
d. Hardboard
A
____ erratic behavior by a crown fire
a. Firestorm
b. Blowup
c. Draft
d. Backfire
A
____ a form of asexual reproduction of a forest in which all of the trees are cut and new forest growth is
generated from the stumps
a. Seed tree method
b. Shelterwood method
c. Coppice method
d. Tissue culture method
C
____ half of a replicated chromosome
a. Lipids
b. Centromere
c. Centrioles
d. Chromatid
D
____ growth resulting in increased diameter in a tree
a. Terminal growth
b. Radial growth
c. Secondary growth
d. Primary growth
B
____ the east west location of a township from a principal meridian
a. Range
b. Township
c. Section
d. Longitude
A
