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Tree Species

12 votes, 4.7 avg

213

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

1 / 7

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

2 / 7

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

3 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

4 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

Western Red Cedar

5 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

6 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

7 / 7

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

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Forestry

6 votes, 4.7 avg

105

Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Building a fence in the forest

Conducting a vegetation survey

2 / 7

Sorting the logs

Optimized log bucking

Debarking the logs

3 / 7

Inspecting the water quality

Managing stream-side vegetation

Measuring width of stream channel

4 / 7

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

Tying a rope around a tree

Tree girdling

5 / 7

Caring for sod in a nursery

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

Thinning trees in a nursery

6 / 7

Delimbing logs on the landing

Sorting logs on a log deck

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

7 / 7

Identifying what type of tree species

Counting rings to tell age of tree

Looking for bugs in the tree

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age of a tree

11 votes, 3.1 avg

290

How to Tell the Age of a Tree

What is the age of this tree?

1 / 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.

2 / 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.

3 / 4

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

Tippy top

First branch

Leader

4 / 4

What is an increment borer?

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

An insect that bores into the bark of a tree.

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

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climate

5 votes, 3.8 avg

127

Using Wood Products Helps Climate Change

How do working forests and wood products reduce global warming?

1 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

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

All of the answers

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.

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 goes to bat for global warming

Wood products store carbon which was removed from the atmosphere

3 / 4

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

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

All of the answers

Keeping forests healthy and growing by managing them

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

4 / 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%

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The average score is 64%

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Dendrology

25 votes, 3.9 avg

836

Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

2 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

Western Hemlock

3 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

4 / 7

Alnus rubra

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

5 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew

6 / 7

Thuja plicata

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

7 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

Douglas fir

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Wildlife

15 votes, 3.3 avg

174

Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

Which of these is evidence of wildlife in the forest?

Fallen trees

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

Fenceposts and barbed wire

Old brick house

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

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

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Plants that have been eaten

All of the answers

Finding evidence of animal droppings

4 / 4

How many species of amphibians live in Washington state?

At least 26 species of amphibians live in Washington state

There are not any amphibians in Washington state

Amphibians live both on land and in water

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

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The average score is 75%

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Type of Tree

89 votes, 4.2 avg

5729

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

2 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

3 / 7

Red Alder

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

4 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

5 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

6 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

7 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

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Environment

16 votes, 3.2 avg

227

Environment

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

1 / 4

Which products from the forest can easily be recycled?

Glass and aluminum cans

Food waste from the grocery store

Metal beams used to build skyscrapers

Naturally grown wood and paper products made from trees

2 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

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

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

All of the answers

3 / 4

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

All of the answers

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

Wood stores carbon

They generate less CO2 emissions

They produce less air and water pollution

4 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

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

Through photosynthesis

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

All of the answers

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The average score is 69%

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Products

10 votes, 4.6 avg

280

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

How much carbon does wood store?

Wood stores oxygen

50% of wood is stored carbon

Wood does not store carbon

All of the answers

3 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

All of the answers

Ice cream

Biofuel

Toothpaste

4 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

California

Nebraska

Washington

Oregon

5 / 5

Why should we use wood products made from trees?

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

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

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The average score is 61%

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Regions

28 votes, 4.1 avg

790

Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

All of the answers

Animals and their habitats

Plant life

Tree species

Climate

2 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Lowland forest region

Eastside forests

Coastal forest region

Mountain forests

3 / 5

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

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

Coastal forest region

Eastside forests

4 / 5

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

Lowland forest region

Coastal forest region

Mountain forest region

5 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

cold, and icy areas

very hot region

moderate temperatures

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The average score is 60%

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Layers

18 votes, 4.2 avg

338

Forest Layers

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

1 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Birds of Prey

Earthworms

Deer and Elk

Bigfoot

2 / 5

What are the different forest layers?

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

Basement, first floor, second floor and attic

3 / 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

4 / 5

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

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

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

5 / 5

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

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

Cavity nesters

Birds of prey

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The average score is 73%

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