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What term describes the potential danger or risk in a workplace?
Hazard
What event is characterized by lightning, thunder and heavy rain?
Thunderstorm
What field of study focuses on the interaction between the environment and human health?
Environmental health
What is a big mass of snow that slides quickly down a mountain?
Avalanche
What natural disasters is caused by the tectonic plates moving against each other?
Earthquake
What natural event occurs when a mass of rock moves quickly down a slope?
Landslide
The foresting technique that involves the gradual removal of trees in multiple stages, leaving canopy to cover younger trees.
Shelterwood approach
Type of illness that spreads from person to person through viruses?
Infectious disease
What is the natural occurring wave that most of the time follows after an earthquake?
Tsunami
What is a big storm which usually starts as a tropical storm?
Hurricane
What approach to land management aims to balance various activities such as recreation, logging, grazing, and conservation on the same land area?
Multiple use
What natural feature erupts with molten rock, ash and gases, often forming new land?
Volcano
What term describes a forest that has reached a mature stage of growth?
Old-growth forest
What term describes the presence of harmful substances in the environment?
Pollution
What is the practice that involves the complete removal of all trees in a designated area?
Clear-cutting
What process describes the buildup of a substance in the tissue of a living organism?
Bioaccumulation
What forestry practice involves trees of the same age growing together?
Even aged
The term that describes the process of utilizing natural resources to meet current and future needs?
Resource managment
What controlled fire technique is intentionally set by land managers to reduce fuel buildup and prevent wildfires?
Prescribed burns
What type of substance targets and damages cells in the body?
Neurotoxins
What term describes the practice of managing forests to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the whole forest?
Sustainable forestry
What do we call an illness that has recently appeared in a population?
Emerging disease
What mineral is known to cause serious health problems when inhaled?
Asbestos
The forest tactic that manages trees with various different ages
Uneven aged
What term describes the practice of harvesting trees that have been damaged by natural disturbances such as wildfire?
Salvage logging