NREM 120 EXAM 4 REVIEW UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Fire Ecology and Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
What are the three things needed to produce fire (Fire Triangle)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fuel,
heat, oxygen
What can create a catastrophic fire? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅fuel buildup, high temperatures, low
humidity, high winds
True or False: There are no ecological systems adapted to fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False?
Where does clearcutting work best? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅non fire adapted forests?
In fire-adapted forests, what kind of trees grow? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Shade-intolerant trees
What is NOT a trait of fire-accommodating forests? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No branches on
bottom parts of trees?
What is NOT a trait of surface fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Difficult to control
What is NOT a trait of crown fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Easy to control
What is the difference between surface and ground fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface burns
the litter layer/understory, ground burns down in the soil
What is the 10 AM rule the Forest Service used to go by? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅every fire should
be suppressed by 10 a.m. the day following its initial report.
What part of the fire triangle is broken with fire lines? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fuel
, What part of the fire triangle is broken with water drops? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heat
What part of the fire triangle is broken with slurry drops? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Oxygen
Wildlife Resources - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
What are the 4 universal habitat requirements that all animals need? Can you list them and explain each
one? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Food-->Obvi need
Water--> Obvi need
Cover--> protection from weather, predators and a place to have young
Space--> space away from humans, (commensals), area in yard, field etc. Home range.
What can increase connectivity and movement of animals between patches? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Passages
What is the difference between a generalist and a specialist? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Generalists
have a broad niche, Specialist have a narrow niche
What is a metapopulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Collection of populations in separate patches
that can interact
What is the difference between a 'source' and a 'sink' population in a metapopulation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Source population: Birthrates are higher than death rates, individuals migrate
Sink population: birth rates is less than death rates, population would disappear if not replenished from
a source
Which kinds of birds have suffered the greatest decline? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Grassland
True or False: hunting ethics came from hunters themselves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Fire Ecology and Management - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
What are the three things needed to produce fire (Fire Triangle)? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fuel,
heat, oxygen
What can create a catastrophic fire? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅fuel buildup, high temperatures, low
humidity, high winds
True or False: There are no ecological systems adapted to fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False?
Where does clearcutting work best? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅non fire adapted forests?
In fire-adapted forests, what kind of trees grow? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Shade-intolerant trees
What is NOT a trait of fire-accommodating forests? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅No branches on
bottom parts of trees?
What is NOT a trait of surface fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Difficult to control
What is NOT a trait of crown fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Easy to control
What is the difference between surface and ground fires? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Surface burns
the litter layer/understory, ground burns down in the soil
What is the 10 AM rule the Forest Service used to go by? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅every fire should
be suppressed by 10 a.m. the day following its initial report.
What part of the fire triangle is broken with fire lines? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Fuel
, What part of the fire triangle is broken with water drops? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heat
What part of the fire triangle is broken with slurry drops? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Oxygen
Wildlife Resources - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
What are the 4 universal habitat requirements that all animals need? Can you list them and explain each
one? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Food-->Obvi need
Water--> Obvi need
Cover--> protection from weather, predators and a place to have young
Space--> space away from humans, (commensals), area in yard, field etc. Home range.
What can increase connectivity and movement of animals between patches? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Passages
What is the difference between a generalist and a specialist? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Generalists
have a broad niche, Specialist have a narrow niche
What is a metapopulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Collection of populations in separate patches
that can interact
What is the difference between a 'source' and a 'sink' population in a metapopulation? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Source population: Birthrates are higher than death rates, individuals migrate
Sink population: birth rates is less than death rates, population would disappear if not replenished from
a source
Which kinds of birds have suffered the greatest decline? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Grassland
True or False: hunting ethics came from hunters themselves - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
