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Forestry Fundamentals
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1
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What does 'conserve' mean in forestry?
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To protect something from harm or overuse
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What is a 'forest'?
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An area of land densely covered with trees, plants, and underbrush
3
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Definition of forestry
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The field of study concerned with the care and management of forests
4
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What is 'timber'?
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Wood that can be used as a building material
5
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What does 'manage' mean?
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To be in charge of the ways in which something is handled
6
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What is 'logging'?
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The business of harvesting, managing, and transporting trees
7
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What does forestry involve?
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All aspects of forest management
8
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What do properly managed forests create?
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A healthy environment
9
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Why are forests considered a strong resource?
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They are renewable and invaluable
10
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What environmental benefit do trees provide?
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Reduce carbon dioxide
11
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What do forests provide for heating?
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Wood
12
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What do forests provide for animals?
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habitat
13
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What do students learn in a forestry vocational training degree?
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Strategies to protect forest resources
14
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Definition of 'forest'
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A valuable natural resource that must be properly managed
15
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Why are forests a resource?
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They provide wood, timber, habitat, and reduce CO2
16
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What are the main parts of a tree?
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Crown, leaf, seed, trunk, branch, root
17
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What negative effects do insects have on trees?
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Stunt new shoot growth, damage leaves, bark, stems, branches
18
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Definition of 'shoot'?
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A bud or other new plant growth
19
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Definition of 'twig'.
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A thin leafless branch
20
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Definition of 'trunk'?
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The main body of a tree
21
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Definition of 'root'?
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The part of the tree that grows beneath or along the ground
22
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Definition of 'bark'.
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The strong outer covering of tree trunks, limbs and roots
23
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What is the main component of photosynthesis?
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The leaf
24
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What are acorns and other nuts examples of?
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Seeds
25
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What are the two main parts of a forest?
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Overstory and understory
26
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What is the canopy?
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The forest's uppermost layer in the overstory
27
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What is the understory?
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A lower tree layer including shrub and herb layers
28
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What is undergrowth?
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Forest floor plant life, including seedlings, saplings, shrubs, and herbs
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Definition of 'soil'
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The uppermost layer of the Earth's crust
30
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Definition of 'litter'.
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The upper layer of decomposing organic matter on the forest floor