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| What two types of wood make up the woody portion of a tree known as the xylem? |
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| Managing a forest so that the amount of timber harvested each year does not exceed the amount grown is known as? |
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| Sustainable Forest Management |
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| Young Longleaf Pines stay close to the ground for an extended period of time in a phase known as? |
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| Prescribed burning between a timber harvest and tree planting has what benefits? |
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Removes logging debris. Controls Brown Spot Needle Blight. Reduces competing vegetation. |
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| Prescribed burns help to do what? |
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Improve wildlife habitat. Build healthier forests. Reduce fuel loads. |
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| Choose the three classes of soil particles. |
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| Today’s forests cannot be kept in their natural state by natural processes because of? |
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| An even-aged stand could be best described as… |
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| Having a mixture of trees that all started at the same time. |
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| What might be an indicator that a stand should be thinned? |
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A basal area greater than 120 square feet per acre. Recent growth rings are narrower than previous growth rings. The live crown ratio is less than 33% |
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| What is a Knuckle-boom Loader used for? |
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| Sorting trees by size class. |
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| People spend billions of dollars each year to recreate in Florida’s natural areas |
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| Pick the statement that best describes Special Management Zones (SPZ). |
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| An area that limits silvicultural operations that might disturb water quality of a nearby water body. |
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| The application of fire, by trained individuals, used under specific conditions, to achieve measurable results. |
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| Which species of pine tree provides the most benefits to wildlife? |
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| How many chains are in a mile? |
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| What height measurement might you use while cruising timber? |
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a. Total height b. The height to a 4 inch top. c. The height to an 8 inch top. |
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| Which of the following processes is not used during the harvest of a stand of pine trees? |
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| One cord of wood contains _____ cubic feet of wood, air, and bark. |
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| How many square chains are in ten acres? |
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| A drip torch is used in _________________. |
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| To measure height with a Biltmore stick, how far should you stand from the tree that you are going to measure? |
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| Forest tools used to measure growth and age of trees. |
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| The diameter (DBH) of all trees should be measured at: |
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| 4.5 feet above the ground. |
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| The merchantable height of a tree is: |
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| That portion of the tree that can be used for the product being cut. |
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| The minimum DBH for pine sawtimber and pulpwood are: |
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| Sawtimber 9.6 inches, pulpwood 4.6 inches. |
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| How many square feet in an acre? |
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| In an area that is control burned every one or two years, you may have noticed that the Longleaf pines have survived and there are few hardwood species in the area. Choose the answer that explains why this happens. |
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| An area recently clear-cut and replanted to slash pine shows signs of insect attack. Patches of bark are missing on young seedlings; some have been girdled and killed. You expect an infestation of: |
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c. Reproduction weevils. d. Black turpentine beetles. |
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| As a forester it is important to check the weather prior to the control burn. Which of the following forecasts would have made it unacceptable to burn? |
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| How many square chains are in 30 acres? |
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| Which of the following methods of timber cruising uses a prism to determine what trees are to be measured? |
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| A tree may be defined as having: |
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| Crown, stem, and root system |
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| Scientific tree names are used in tree identification for this reason: |
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| To have one standard name throughout the world |
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| Productive capacity of the land for a tree species in a given area is know as: |
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a. A piece of wood 1” x 12” x 12” b. A piece of wood 1” x 3” x 48” c. A piece of wood 2” x 6” x 12” |
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| A tree is defined as a woody perennial plant with a single trunk, a well defined crown, reaching at least _________________ feet in height. |
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| The appearance of pitch tubes on the trunks of Southern Pines is an indication of: |
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| Evidence that a tree is invested with a pathogen. |
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| A clinometer can be used to find: |
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| To determine site index, two measurements are needed. They are: |
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| Which one of the following is a deciduous tree? |
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| Defective trees are of least concern when they are marketed as: |
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| What is the name of a fire set to burn against the wind? |
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| The separation between lobes on a leaf is a(n): |
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| The function of the cork cambium cells of a tree is: |
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| Growth of wood and bark cells. |
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| To convert a stand’s cubic feet pulpwood volume to cords of solid wood, you would divide by: |
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| The standard pulpwood unit of length is the pulpwood bolt or stick. In Florida, a pulpwood stick is ______ long. |
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| What is the term that describes the fine, wooly hairs found on some leaves? |
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| The main system used in Florida to describe property and land is: |
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| The most serious disease of Slash and Loblolly Pines in Florida is: |
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| The appearance of pitch tubes on the trunks of Southern Pines is an indication of: |
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| Evidence that a tree is invested with a pathogen. |
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| A clinometer can be used to find: |
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| To determine site index, two measurements are needed. They are: |
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| Which one of the following is a deciduous tree? |
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| Defective trees are of least concern when they are marketed as: |
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| What is the name of a fire set to burn against the wind? |
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| The separation between lobes on a leaf is a(n): |
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| The function of the cork cambium cells of a tree is: |
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| Growth of wood and bark cells. |
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| To convert a stand’s cubic feet pulpwood volume to cords of solid wood, you would divide by: |
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| The standard pulpwood unit of length is the pulpwood bolt or stick. In Florida, a pulpwood stick is ______ long. |
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| What is the term that describes the fine, wooly hairs found on some leaves? |
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| The main system used in Florida to describe property and land is: |
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| The most serious disease of Slash and Loblolly Pines in Florida is: |
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