ARKANSAS ENVIROTHON FORESTRY TEST

1.      A community of plants and animals in which trees are the dominant species is called a/an ___________.

A.     Environmental habitat

B.     group

C.     forest

D.     timber type

 

2.      There are ___________ square feet in one acre.

A.     5,280

B.     1,320

C.     4,356

D.     43,560

 

3.      Which of the following trees is not deciduous?

A.     Flowering Dogwood

B.     Eastern Redbud

C.     Black Cherry

D.     Loblolly Pine

 

4.      A stand of trees may originate from the following sources?

A.     sprout or coppice

B.     planted seed or seedling

C.     all of the above

D.     none of the above

 

5.      The term ________, is the distance in degrees in a clockwise direction from the north point of a compass.

A.     azimuth

B.     declination

C.     bearing

D.     aspect

 

6.      The term ______________, refers to a forest fire which extends to and sweeps along in the tops and branches of trees.

A.     raging inferno

B.     overstory fire

C.     crown fire

D.     conflagration

 

7.      Trees in an even-aged stand are more uniform in ________________.

A.     diameter

B.     height

C.     site index

D.     All of the above

 

8.      _______________ is the most critical factor in competition among individual trees in a stand.

A.     Height growth

B.     Diameter growth

C.     Root development

D.     Branching

 

9.      Volume in measuring standing trees is established in log lengths.  A log length is ____feet.

A.     8

B.     12

C.     16

D.     24

 

10.  ______ trees are the preferred host tree species for the gypsy moth.

A.     pine

B.     spruce

C.     fir

D.     oak

 

11.  A _________________ plant that lives in or on another living organism of a different kind (host) and derives substance from it without returning any benefits.

A.     parasitic

B.     saprophyte

C.     nematode

D.     sucker

 

12.  The __________language is generally used for scientific names of trees.

A.     Spanish

B.     Latin

C.     Portuguese

D.     English

 

13.  If the male and female flower parts occur in separate flowers on the same tree, the species is called _______________.

A.     Dioecious

B.     Dicidious

C.     Monoecious

D.     Angiosperm

 

14.   In land measurements, a section of land consists of _______ acres.

A.     40

B.     160

C.     640

D.     600

 

15.  Trees that need full sunlight to grow well are termed _____________.

A.     shade intolerant

B.     hardy

C.     shade tolerant

D.     dominants

 

16.  __________ is the inner bark cells that conduct water and nutrients upward and form the strengthening and storage tissues of branches, stems and roots.

A.     Cambium

B.     Phloem

C.     Lenticels

D.     Xylem

 

17.  The fruit of a black locust is a ____________.

A.     samara

B.     nut

C.     legume

D.     capsule

 

18.  The ______________ is an insect that is currently damaging red oaks in certain parts of the Ozarks.

A.     Red Oak Borer

B.     Red Oak Leaf Miner

C.     Red Oak Sawfly

D.     Red Oak Caterpillar

 

19.  __________________ is a unique characteristic for identifying all maples.

A.     Alternate branching

B.     Whorled branching

C.     Branches at right angle to stem

D.     Opposite branching

 

20.  DBH is measured at _______ above ground on the uphill side of the tree.

A.     eye level

B.     five feet

C.     4 ½ feet

D.     waist high

 

 

 

21.  The Endangered Species Act was passed into law in 1973.

22.  Climate is the most important factor in determining where

                  trees can grow.

23.  The process through which the chlorophyll in leaves, in the

               presence of sunlight, makes food and oxygen from water, soil

               nutrients and carbon dioxide is known as transpiration.

24.  Small openings through which the leaf exchanges gases are

              called stomata.

25.  Carbon dioxide is given off by trees in their active growth

              process.

26.  A cord is a stack of wood that contains 130 Cubic Feet.

27.  Site Index measures the relationship between the age and the

             height of a tree.

28.  The dominant timber type in the Ozarks is Oak-Hickory.

29.  A single leaf with many leaflets is considered a compound

             leaf.

30.  Angiosperm is a classification for conifers.

31.  Boxelder is one of the many types of maples.

32.  The pawpaw tree is a member of the custard apple family.

33.  The tool used in planting tree seedlings is known as a dibble

             bar.

34.  An indigenous tree species is one that is native to the locality.

35.  Blackjack oak trees on a site is a clear indication of a highly

            productive site for growing trees.

36.    Bark, leaves and roots are all used as means of identifying

                                          trees.

37.  The leaves of a green ash are simple.

38.  A chain is exactly 50 feet in length.

39.  European Elm Canker has destroyed almost all of our American

           elms.

40.  Pales weevil is a serious threat to young planted pines.

41.  A slope facing 225 degrees would have a southeast aspect.

 

42.  Name three (3) things that determine the kinds of trees that grow in a forest:

  

 

43.  What are the three (3) major growing parts of a tree:

  

 

44.  List three (3) types of maples: