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Forests
Trees
Shrubs
Wood
Timber
100
  • Trees that are used for making paper are called
  • Timber
  • Lumber
  • Pulpwood
  • Veneer

pulpwood 

100
  • A forest that has never been harvested is called
  • Virgin
  • Hardwood
  • Clear cut
  • Seedling

virgin

100

thin layers of wood glued together

plywood 

100

thin slices of wood

veneer

100

The air drying of lumber is referred to as_______

seasoning

200
  • The scientific management of forests is
  • Silviculture
  • Arboriculture
  • Pomology
  • Olericulture
silviculture 
200
  • The seed-tree method of harvesting
  • Cuts all trees over a certain diameter
  • Cuts all trees under a certain diameter
  • Cuts about 1/3 of the trees in a woodlot
  • Cuts all but a few trees left for seed

all but a few left for seed 

200

wood from conifers

softwood 

200

. small forest

woodlot 

200
  • _________ is a type of harvesting where every tree over a certain size is cut.

diameter limit cutting 

300
  • The continental US has about _____ acres of productive forests
  • 105 million
  • 235 million
  • 500 million

735 million

500
300
  • Which of the following was not stated as a property of wood?
  • Nail-holding capacity
  • Bending strength
  • Color
  • Surface characteristics

color 

300
  • small, multi-stemmed plant

shrub

300
  • . tree with needle-like leaves

conifer

300
  • Two general types of oak tree are _____ and ______.

deciduous, hardwood

400
  • The most important commercial species of trees in the US are
  • Oak
  • Douglas fir
  • Redwood

Walnut

oak 

400
  • The yearly demand for wood products in the US is about _____ cubic feet
  • 19 billion
  • 23 billion
  • 190 billion
  • 253 million

19

400

. management of wooded land

forestry

400

woody, single-stem plant

tree

400
  • Douglas fir is an example of an __________ or _____________ tree.

evergreen/conifer 

500
  • About 75% of the wood for plywood is harvested from then _____________ forest region
  • Northern coniferous
  • Central broad-leaved
  • Hawaiian
  • Pacific Coast

central broad leaved 

500
  • In a woodlot with even-aged trees, the lot usually needs to be thinned when trees are ___ years old
  • 1-5
  • 5-10
  • 10-15
  • 15-30

15-30

500

wood from deciduous trees

hardwood

500

boards sawed from trees

lumber 

500
  • The ______ forest region is located along the Mississippi River.


bottomland hardwoods