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Tree Species

11 votes, 4.8 avg

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Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

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Ponderosa Pine

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

2 / 7

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

3 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

4 / 7

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

Douglas-fir

5 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

6 / 7

Douglas-fir

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

7 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

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Forestry

6 votes, 4.7 avg

Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Identifying what type of tree species

Looking for bugs in the tree

Counting rings to tell age of tree

2 / 7

Sorting logs on a log deck

Delimbing logs on the landing

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

3 / 7

Tying a rope around a tree

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

Tree girdling

4 / 7

Thinning trees in a nursery

Caring for sod in a nursery

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

5 / 7

Optimized log bucking

Debarking the logs

Sorting the logs

6 / 7

Building a fence in the forest

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Conducting a vegetation survey

7 / 7

Measuring width of stream channel

Inspecting the water quality

Managing stream-side vegetation

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age of a tree

10 votes, 2.9 avg

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How to Tell the Age of a Tree

What is the age of this tree?

1 / 4

What is an increment borer?

A tool used to count the whorls of a living tree.

A tool used to extract core samples from a living tree.

An insect that bores into the bark of a tree.

2 / 4

What are the three ways to tell the age of a tree?

1. Use an increment borer. 2. Count the growth rings. 3. Count the whorls on a live tree.

1. Measure the thickness of the bark. 2. Count the whorls. 3. Measure the trunk.

1. Count the whorls. 2. Measure the trunk. 3. Measure the length of the branches.

3 / 4

What is the top of a Douglas-fir tree called?

Tippy top

First branch

Leader

4 / 4

What are the growth rings of a tree?

Each ring in a tree cookie is one year of growth.

A ruler to measure growth.

A ring you put around a tree.

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climate

4 votes, 3.8 avg

Using Wood Products Helps Climate Change

How do working forests and wood products reduce global warming?

1 / 4

Science from the University of Washington says Washington's private working forests and wood products reduce our state's carbon emissions each year by...?

100%

12%

2 / 4

How does wood products help reduce global warming?

Wood is used to build things

Naturally grown trees are nature's friends

Wood products store carbon which was removed from the atmosphere

Wood products goes to bat for global warming

3 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

By managing our forests we keep them healthy and safe from wildfire risk.

Planting, growing, harvesting trees to make wood products stores carbon from the atmosphere.

Growing and managing trees in the forest keeps them healthy and absorbing carbon.

All of the answers

4 / 4

What is the best way to keep forests helping to reduce our carbon emissions?

Keeping forests healthy and growing by managing them

All of the answers

Removing the dead and dying trees in the forest to reduce wildfire risk so trees don't burn

Keeping forests healthy so trees can absorb carbon dioxide and store it in the wood

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Dendrology

21 votes, 3.7 avg

630

Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

Western Hemlock

2 / 7

Alnus rubra

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

3 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

4 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

Douglas fir

5 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

6 / 7

Thuja plicata

Sitka Spruce

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

7 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Red Alder

Douglas-fir

Sitka Spruce

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Wildlife

14 votes, 3.1 avg

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Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

How many species of amphibians live in Washington state?

Amphibians live both on land and in water

At least 26 species of amphibians live in Washington state

There are not any amphibians in Washington state

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

2 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

Something you get when you don't brush your teeth

A bird family that lives in a nest

Birds and animals that make their homes in holes or cavities in trees, such as a woodpecker

Plants that grow out of a fallen tree

3 / 4

Which of these is evidence of wildlife in the forest?

Old brick house

Fenceposts and barbed wire

Fallen trees

Plants that have been eaten, a nest, ant hill, feathers, and droppings or scat

4 / 4

What are the different ways to detect wildlife in the forest?

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Finding evidence of animal droppings

All of the answers

Plants that have been eaten

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

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Type of Tree

66 votes, 4.2 avg

4351

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Douglas-fir

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

Ponderosa Pine

3 / 7

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

4 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

5 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

6 / 7

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

7 / 7

Red Alder

Western Hemlock

Western Red Cedar

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Environment

16 votes, 3.2 avg

201

Environment

Can you answer these questions about how sustainable forestry protects the environment?

1 / 4

Wood products are more energy efficient than other building materials because:

Wood is renewable because trees are grown by the power of the sun

They generate less CO2 emissions

All of the answers

They produce less air and water pollution

Wood stores carbon

2 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

A healthy, growing tree will absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and release oxygen in exchange

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Healthy, growing trees pull carbon dioxide from the air and store carbon in the wood

Through photosynthesis

All of the answers

3 / 4

Which products from the forest can easily be recycled?

Food waste from the grocery store

Naturally grown wood and paper products made from trees

Metal beams used to build skyscrapers

Glass and aluminum cans

4 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

All of the answers

Natural wood products are more friendly to our environment than other building materials

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

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The average score is 70%

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Products

9 votes, 4.6 avg

201

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

What game was bigfoot playing with Kelly that is made out of wood?

Game of Life

Monopoly

Giant Jenga game

Twister

2 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

California

Washington

Nebraska

Oregon

3 / 5

Why should we use wood products made from trees?

Trees are one of nature's marvels, trees mix carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to create wood

All of the answers

Wood products are renewable, and take less energy to make than other materials

We all use wood every day from cardboard boxes, to wood in our furniture and homes

4 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

All of the answers

Ice cream

Biofuel

Toothpaste

5 / 5

How much carbon does wood store?

Wood stores oxygen

50% of wood is stored carbon

Wood does not store carbon

All of the answers

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The average score is 61%

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Regions

23 votes, 4 avg

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Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

Which region has the most rainfall, more than 10 feet per year?

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

2 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

very hot region

moderate temperatures

cold, and icy areas

3 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Animals and their habitats

Plant life

Climate

Tree species

All of the answers

4 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Mountain forests

Eastside forests

Lowland forest region

Coastal forest region

5 / 5

Which region has diverse habitats because of the wide variety of climates and elevations?

Coastal forest region

Mountain forest region

Eastside forests

Lowland forest region

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The average score is 59%

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Layers

15 votes, 4.1 avg

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Forest Layers

See if you can answer these questions about the forest layers.

1 / 5

Which forest layer looks like it touches the sky?

Canopy layer which can reach 130 feet, as high as a 10 story building

The understory where all the branches of the trees are

The top layer which is the highest one

The attic layer which is at the top of the house

2 / 5

What is the difference between the understory and the forest floor?

The forest floor is on the ground and the understory is above the ground

The understory and the forest floor both have animals living in them

The understory shades the forest floor

The layers are all the same, there is no difference between the two

3 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Birds of Prey

Earthworms

Deer and Elk

Bigfoot

4 / 5

What are the typical insects and animals that live in the subfloor, underneath the ground?

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

Birds of prey

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

Cavity nesters

5 / 5

What are the different forest layers?

Under ground, on top of the ground, in the trees, at the top of the trees

Basement, first floor, second floor and attic

Top, bottom and middle

Canopy, understory, forest floor and subfloor

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The average score is 73%

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