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Tree Species

7 votes, 5 avg

146

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

1 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

3 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

4 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

5 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Douglas-fir

6 / 7

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

7 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

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Forestry

2 votes, 4.5 avg

Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

Sorting logs on a log deck

Delimbing logs on the landing

2 / 7

Caring for sod in a nursery

Thinning trees in a nursery

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

3 / 7

Tree girdling

Tying a rope around a tree

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

4 / 7

Building a fence in the forest

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Conducting a vegetation survey

5 / 7

Managing stream-side vegetation

Measuring width of stream channel

Inspecting the water quality

6 / 7

Looking for bugs in the tree

Counting rings to tell age of tree

Identifying what type of tree species

7 / 7

Sorting the logs

Debarking the logs

Optimized log bucking

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age of a tree

3 votes, 3.7 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 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.

3 / 4

What are the three ways to tell the age of a 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.

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

4 / 4

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

First branch

Leader

Tippy top

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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

How does wood products help reduce global warming?

Wood products goes to bat for 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

2 / 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%

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

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

4 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

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.

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

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The average score is 67%

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Dendrology

11 votes, 4.5 avg

557

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

Alnus rubra

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

4 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Douglas fir

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

5 / 7

Thuja plicata

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

6 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

7 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

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Wildlife

12 votes, 2.8 avg

110

Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

Which of these is evidence of wildlife in the forest?

Fenceposts and barbed wire

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

Fallen trees

Old brick house

2 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

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

Plants that grow out of a fallen tree

A bird family that lives in a nest

3 / 4

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

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Finding evidence of animal droppings

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

Plants that have been eaten

All of the answers

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

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

Amphibians live both on land and in water

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The average score is 78%

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Type of Tree

54 votes, 4.2 avg

3861

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

3 / 7

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

4 / 7

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

5 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

6 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

7 / 7

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

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Environment

13 votes, 3.1 avg

181

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:

All of the answers

They generate less CO2 emissions

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

They produce less air and water pollution

Wood stores carbon

2 / 4

Which products from the forest can easily be recycled?

Naturally grown wood and paper products made from trees

Food waste from the grocery store

Metal beams used to build skyscrapers

Glass and aluminum cans

3 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Through photosynthesis

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

All of the answers

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

4 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

All of the answers

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

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

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Products

6 votes, 4.3 avg

177

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

Washington

California

Oregon

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

Which of these products have wood in them?

Ice cream

All of the answers

Toothpaste

Biofuel

4 / 5

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

Game of Life

Giant Jenga game

Monopoly

Twister

5 / 5

Why should we use wood products made from trees?

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

All of the answers

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

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The average score is 60%

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Regions

11 votes, 4.2 avg

564

Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

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

Lowland forest region

Coastal forest region

Eastside forests

Mountain forest region

2 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Mountain forests

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

Eastside forests

3 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

moderate temperatures

very hot region

cold, and icy areas

4 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Climate

Tree species

Plant life

All of the answers

Animals and their habitats

5 / 5

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

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

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The average score is 60%

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Layers

12 votes, 4.4 avg

247

Forest Layers

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

1 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Earthworms

Bigfoot

Birds of Prey

Deer and Elk

2 / 5

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

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

Cavity nesters

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

Birds of prey

3 / 5

What are the different forest layers?

Canopy, understory, forest floor and subfloor

Basement, first floor, second floor and attic

Top, bottom and middle

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

4 / 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

5 / 5

Which forest layer looks like it touches the sky?

The top layer which is the highest one

The attic layer which is at the top of the house

The understory where all the branches of the trees are

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

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The average score is 73%

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