Forestry
Sustainable Forestry
Urban Forestry
Agriculture
Herbicides/Pesticides
100
An ecosystem in which the dominant plants are trees.
What is a forest
100
When planting tree plantations after harvesting you are __________.
What is regenerating.
100
Long term planning, planting, and maintenance of forests, trees, and green spaces in urban environments.
What is Urban Forestry
100
The practice of raising plants and livestock for food or other human needs.
What is agriculture
100
a substance that is toxic to plants and is used to destroy unwanted vegetation.
What is herbicides.
200
Wood that is used for construction and carpentry.
What is Timber
200
After trees are harvested you leave _________ to keep the earth healthy.
What is Organic Material.
200
an effect in which urban areas are higher in temperature than surrounding rural areas due to the heat absorbed by concrete and asphalt.
What is heat island effect
200
The growth of a single crop, usually on a large area of land.
What is monoculture
200
a substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.
What is Pesticides.
300
A silviculture method in which most or all of the trees from a chosen area are removed.
What is clear cutting?
300

To protect something from harm or overuse. 

What is to conserve? 

300
A plant that has been growing naturally in an ecosystem without any action, past or present, from humans.
What is a Native Plant
300
the simultaneous cultivation or exploitation of several crops or kinds of animals.
What is Polyculture
300
the decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest.
What is pesticide resistance.
400
a branch of forestry related to development and management of forest.
What is Silviculture
400

When a product is from sustainable managed forests and controlled resources.

What is PEFC certified.

400
Soil, Sunlight, water, and pedestrian traffic are all things that need to be looked at when...
What is determining a planting site.
400
Adding water to an agricultural field to allow certain crops to grow where the lack of water would normally prevent their cultivation.
What is Irrigation?
400
a chemical that destroys fungus.
What is fungicides
500

The business of harvesting, managing, and transporting trees. 

What is logging? 

500

Managing forests in a way that will keep forests healthy and usable for local communities and society

What is sustainable forestry? 

500
A roof that has a layer of plants growing on its surface.
What is a green roof?
500
foods that are produced with limited modern synthetic inputs such as synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers
What is Organic Produce
500
a poison used to kill rodents.
What is rodenticide.
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