General Knowledge of Forestry

MULITPLE CHOICE

How much money does Florida’s forestry industry provide?

a. $22.2 billion

b. $10.6 billion

c. $16.6 billion

d. $46.3 billion

C. 16.6 BILLION

Florida’s forests support an industry that creates more than 5,000 everyday items, has a $16.6 billion impact on the State’s economy, and supports more than 133,000 jobs.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

If you were to stab a tree with a knife at 3 feet above the ground and leave it in the tree, when you return 15 years later, what height will the knife be at above the ground?

a. 15 feet above the ground b. 12 feet above the ground c. 7 feet above the ground d. 3 feet above the ground

D. 3 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND

The knife will be at the same exact height you left it. Tree cells build upwards, and outwards in diameter. (causing terminal buds and such)

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Xylem is made up of what two types of wood?

a. Vascular Cambium, and Cork Cambium b. Sapwood, and the Heartwood c. Sapwood, and Cambium d. Heartwood, and the Vascular Cambium

B. HEARTWOOD, AND SAPWOOD

Xylem is the Heartwood and Sapwood, it is also the annual rings (when you cut open a tree to find out how old it is).

Annual rings are Earlywood (lighter ring), and Laterwood (darker wood).

TRUE OR FALSE

A well positioned tree can cut cooling costs on a house by 10%?

FALSE

A well positioned tree can keep a house 20% cooler in the summer. Three trees can cut air-conditioning costs in half!!

TRUE OR FALSE

The xylem takes nutrients down to the roots of the tree.

FALSE

We talked about this!! Xylem (up to the leaves and such); Phloem down (to the roots).

What do root hairs do? They absorb. I feel this is common sense. But I said it, and didn’t waste a question on it. Mychorrizae is a fungus that makes this happen.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

What is the common name of pine pitch that was used

for sealing wooden hulls, waterproofing cloth and rope in the early 1900’s?

a. Pitch b. Pine Glue c. Pine Sealant d. Naval Stores

D. NAVAL STORES

The naval stores industry was Florida’s biggest industry in the early 1900’s, and Florida was the world’s leader in naval stores production.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Why did the timber industry dwindle after 1930?

a. Florida’s forests were cut down from 19 million acres to 7 million acres.

b. The timbering practices were not sustainable.

c. Cut out and get out was their method to forestry.

d. All of the above.

D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

FREE RESPONSE

Who was considered the father of forestry?

AUSTIN CARY

Austin Cary was known as the “Father of Southern Forestry” for his preaching of sustainable forestry practices. He did on the University od Florida campus in 1936.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

What trees would you find in hardwood forest?

a. Flatwood Slash Pines, and Live Oaks b. Sand Pine, Turkey Oak, and Scrub Oak c. Oak, Hickory, Dogwood, and Sweetgum d. Bald Cypress, and Live Oaks

C. OAK, HICKORY, DOGWOOD, AND SWEETGUM

The hardwood forests consist of oaks, hickories, sweetgum, and dogwood.

These might be hardwood swamp communities with titi, tupelo, bays, maples, ash, hollies, and other moisture-loving trees.

TRUE OR FALSE

Succession is the process in which plant communities change over time.

TRUE

For instance, what will happen if a pine forest that is used to fires throughout the community every several years eventually stops having fires? The oak community (that does not tolerate fires) will probably take over. Succession begins with the first species to occupy the bare site.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Bark is made up of:

a. Dead materials from the inside of the tree b. Guard cells c. Guard cells and older cells from the inside of the

cell d. A thick cell wall layer

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Girdling is:

a. Phloem getting severed around a tree b. When you put a protective layer around the tree to

prevent pests c. A method that prevents Butt Rot d. When the tree is unable to get the proper space

required for growth

TRUE OR FALSE

The forestry industry is the 3rd leading uindustry in the state of Florida?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

What part of the tree is responsible for the xylem to

grow in diameter? a. Vascular Cambium b. Cork Cambium c. Heartwood d. Sapwood

MULTIPLE CHOICE

What type of tree was used to cover most of Florida prior to civilization?

a. Slash Pine

b. Longleaf Pine

c. Live Oak

d. Bald Cypress

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Which of the following part of the plant make

photosynthesis possible: a. Chlorophyll b. Phloem c. Stomata d. Xylem

TRUE OR FALSE

Forestry is the science, art, and practice of managing and using trees, forests, and their

associated resources for human benefit?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Which of the following is NOT a reason why Scientific

Names are used when talking about plants? a. Because common names can be different b. Common names cause confusion c. Scientific names make you sound more educated d. All of the above e. None of the above

TRUE OR FALSE

a. Deciduous trees start to lose their leaves in the summer

b. All broad trees drop their leaves

TRUE OR FALSE

Oak trees have feeder roots.