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Tree Species

7 votes, 5 avg

135

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

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Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Western Red Cedar

2 / 7

Red Alder

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

4 / 7

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

Douglas-fir

5 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

6 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

7 / 7

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

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Forestry

2 votes, 4.5 avg

Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Conducting a vegetation survey

Building a fence in the forest

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

2 / 7

Looking for bugs in the tree

Counting rings to tell age of tree

Identifying what type of tree species

3 / 7

Optimized log bucking

Sorting the logs

Debarking the logs

4 / 7

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

Thinning trees in a nursery

Caring for sod in a nursery

5 / 7

Tree girdling

Tying a rope around a tree

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

6 / 7

Inspecting the water quality

Measuring width of stream channel

Managing stream-side vegetation

7 / 7

Sorting logs on a log deck

Delimbing logs on the landing

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

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age of a tree

3 votes, 3.7 avg

195

How to Tell the Age of a Tree

What is the age of this tree?

1 / 4

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

Leader

First branch

Tippy top

2 / 4

What is an increment borer?

An insect that bores into the bark of a tree.

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

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

3 / 4

What are the growth rings of a tree?

A ruler to measure growth.

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

A ring you put around a tree.

4 / 4

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

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

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

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

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climate

2 votes, 3 avg

Using Wood Products Helps Climate Change

How do working forests and wood products reduce global warming?

1 / 4

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

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

Keeping forests healthy and growing by managing them

All of the answers

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

2 / 4

How does wood products help reduce global warming?

Wood is used to build things

Wood products store carbon which was removed from the atmosphere

Naturally grown trees are nature's friends

Wood products goes to bat for global warming

3 / 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...?

12%

100%

4 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

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

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

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

All of the answers

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The average score is 69%

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Dendrology

10 votes, 4.5 avg

498

Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas fir

Western Hemlock

2 / 7

Alnus rubra

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

4 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

5 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

Western Red Cedar

6 / 7

Thuja plicata

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

7 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

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Wildlife

12 votes, 2.8 avg

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Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

Plants that grow out of a fallen tree

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

Something you get when you don't brush your teeth

2 / 4

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

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

Finding evidence of animal droppings

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Plants that have been eaten

All of the answers

3 / 4

Which of these is evidence of wildlife in the forest?

Fenceposts and barbed wire

Old brick house

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

Fallen trees

4 / 4

How many species of amphibians live in Washington state?

At least 26 species of amphibians live in Washington state

Amphibians live both on land and in water

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

There are not any amphibians in Washington state

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The average score is 77%

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Type of Tree

46 votes, 4.3 avg

3456

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

2 / 7

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

4 / 7

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

5 / 7

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

6 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

7 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

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Environment

13 votes, 3.1 avg

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Environment

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

1 / 4

Which products from the forest can easily be recycled?

Naturally grown wood and paper products made from trees

Metal beams used to build skyscrapers

Food waste from the grocery store

Glass and aluminum cans

2 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

All of the answers

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

Through photosynthesis

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

3 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

All of the answers

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

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

4 / 4

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

They produce less air and water pollution

They generate less CO2 emissions

Wood stores carbon

All of the answers

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

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The average score is 70%

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Products

6 votes, 4.3 avg

160

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

Oregon

California

Washington

Nebraska

2 / 5

How much carbon does wood store?

All of the answers

Wood does not store carbon

Wood stores oxygen

50% of wood is stored carbon

3 / 5

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

Monopoly

Twister

Game of Life

Giant Jenga game

4 / 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

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

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

5 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

All of the answers

Biofuel

Toothpaste

Ice cream

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The average score is 60%

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Regions

10 votes, 4.1 avg

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Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

moderate temperatures

cold, and icy areas

very hot region

2 / 5

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

Coastal forest region

Eastside forests

Mountain forest region

Lowland forest region

3 / 5

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

Coastal forest region

Mountain forest region

Lowland forest region

4 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Lowland forest region

Eastside forests

Mountain forests

Coastal forest region

5 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Animals and their habitats

All of the answers

Plant life

Tree species

Climate

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The average score is 59%

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Layers

11 votes, 4.7 avg

233

Forest Layers

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

1 / 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

2 / 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 attic layer which is at the top of the house

The top layer which is the highest one

3 / 5

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

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

4 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Bigfoot

Birds of Prey

Earthworms

Deer and Elk

5 / 5

What are the different forest layers?

Basement, first floor, second floor and attic

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

Top, bottom and middle

Canopy, understory, forest floor and subfloor

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The average score is 73%

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