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Tree Species

11 votes, 4.8 avg

168

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

1 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Douglas-fir

2 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

3 / 7

Douglas-fir

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

4 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

5 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

6 / 7

Red Alder

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

7 / 7

Red Alder

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

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Forestry

6 votes, 4.7 avg

100

Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Measuring width of stream channel

Inspecting the water quality

Managing stream-side vegetation

2 / 7

Thinning trees in a nursery

Caring for sod in a nursery

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

3 / 7

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Conducting a vegetation survey

Building a fence in the forest

4 / 7

Tree girdling

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

Tying a rope around a tree

5 / 7

Looking for bugs in the tree

Identifying what type of tree species

Counting rings to tell age of tree

6 / 7

Sorting logs on a log deck

Delimbing logs on the landing

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

7 / 7

Debarking the logs

Sorting the logs

Optimized log bucking

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age of a tree

11 votes, 3.1 avg

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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 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 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.

4 / 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. 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.

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climate

5 votes, 3.8 avg

123

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 is used to build things

Wood products goes to bat for global warming

Naturally grown trees are nature's friends

Wood products store carbon which was removed from the atmosphere

2 / 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 so trees can absorb carbon dioxide and store it in the wood

All of the answers

Keeping forests healthy and growing by managing them

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...?

100%

12%

4 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

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

All of the answers

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

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

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The average score is 64%

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Dendrology

24 votes, 3.8 avg

735

Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Thuja plicata

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

2 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

3 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

4 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Douglas fir

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

5 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

6 / 7

Alnus rubra

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

7 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Red Alder

Douglas-fir

Sitka Spruce

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Wildlife

14 votes, 3.1 avg

171

Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

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

Finding evidence of animal droppings

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Plants that have been eaten

All of the answers

2 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

Plants that grow out of a fallen tree

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

A bird family that lives in a nest

Something you get when you don't brush your teeth

3 / 4

How many 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

At least 26 species of amphibians live in Washington state

There are not any amphibians in Washington state

4 / 4

Which of these is evidence of wildlife in the forest?

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

Fallen trees

Old brick house

Fenceposts and barbed wire

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The average score is 75%

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Type of Tree

77 votes, 4.3 avg

5043

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

4 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

Ponderosa Pine

5 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

6 / 7

Western Hemlock

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

7 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

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Environment

16 votes, 3.2 avg

222

Environment

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

1 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

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

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

Through photosynthesis

All of the answers

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

2 / 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

3 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

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

All of the answers

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

4 / 4

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

They produce less air and water pollution

Wood stores carbon

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

They generate less CO2 emissions

All of the answers

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The average score is 70%

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Products

10 votes, 4.6 avg

268

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

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

Monopoly

Twister

Game of Life

Giant Jenga game

2 / 5

Why should we use wood products made from trees?

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

All of the answers

3 / 5

How much carbon does wood store?

50% of wood is stored carbon

All of the answers

Wood stores oxygen

Wood does not store carbon

4 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

Oregon

California

Washington

Nebraska

5 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

Biofuel

All of the answers

Toothpaste

Ice cream

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The average score is 60%

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Regions

23 votes, 4 avg

716

Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Climate

All of the answers

Tree species

Animals and their habitats

Plant life

2 / 5

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

Mountain forest region

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

3 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Lowland forest region

Coastal forest region

Mountain forests

Eastside forests

4 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

cold, and icy areas

moderate temperatures

very hot region

5 / 5

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

Eastside forests

Lowland forest region

Coastal forest region

Mountain forest region

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The average score is 59%

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Layers

18 votes, 4.2 avg

332

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?

Cavity nesters

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

Birds of prey

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

2 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Earthworms

Birds of Prey

Deer and Elk

Bigfoot

3 / 5

Which forest layer looks like it touches the sky?

The top layer which is the highest one

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

The attic layer which is at the top of the house

The understory where all the branches of the trees are

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 and the forest floor both have animals living in them

The understory shades the forest floor

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

5 / 5

What are the different forest layers?

Canopy, understory, forest floor and subfloor

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

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The average score is 73%

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