Forest Conservation Exam Questions
and Answers
State with the greatest amount of forest based on percentage of landbase - correct
answer-Maine
Tree species that dominated old fields following agricultural abandonment in New
England in the mid to late 1800s - correct answer-White Pine
Policy that reserved the largest white pine trees in New England forests for the Brittish
government - correct answer-Broad Arrow Policy
Most important commercial tree species in the Pacific Northwest - correct answer-
Douglas-fir
Act that led to the creation of the Green and White Mountain National Forests - correct
answer-Weeks Act
Term for growing region of tree stems - correct answer-meristem
Name for US national forest inventory system - correct answer-Forest Inventory and
Analysis (FIA) program
Name for cell responsible for transporting water in conifer trees - correct answer-
tracheids
6,000 - correct answer-The number of acres each USFS FIA Phase 2 plot represents
coarse woody debris - correct answer-general term for deadwood in forests
facilitation model of succession - correct answer-Succession model in which earliest
species to arrive following disturbance modify environment in positive ways to benefit
later species, but hinder their own dominance
advance regeneration - correct answer-Mode of regeneration favored by low severity
disturbances, like a single-tree fall gap
wood density (specific gravity) - correct answer-Besides tree size, this characteristic
influences the amount of biomass contained in a given species of tree
and Answers
State with the greatest amount of forest based on percentage of landbase - correct
answer-Maine
Tree species that dominated old fields following agricultural abandonment in New
England in the mid to late 1800s - correct answer-White Pine
Policy that reserved the largest white pine trees in New England forests for the Brittish
government - correct answer-Broad Arrow Policy
Most important commercial tree species in the Pacific Northwest - correct answer-
Douglas-fir
Act that led to the creation of the Green and White Mountain National Forests - correct
answer-Weeks Act
Term for growing region of tree stems - correct answer-meristem
Name for US national forest inventory system - correct answer-Forest Inventory and
Analysis (FIA) program
Name for cell responsible for transporting water in conifer trees - correct answer-
tracheids
6,000 - correct answer-The number of acres each USFS FIA Phase 2 plot represents
coarse woody debris - correct answer-general term for deadwood in forests
facilitation model of succession - correct answer-Succession model in which earliest
species to arrive following disturbance modify environment in positive ways to benefit
later species, but hinder their own dominance
advance regeneration - correct answer-Mode of regeneration favored by low severity
disturbances, like a single-tree fall gap
wood density (specific gravity) - correct answer-Besides tree size, this characteristic
influences the amount of biomass contained in a given species of tree
