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Tree Species

12 votes, 4.7 avg

225

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

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Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Douglas-fir

3 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

4 / 7

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

Ponderosa Pine

5 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

6 / 7

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

7 / 7

Western Hemlock

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

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Forestry

6 votes, 4.7 avg

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Forest Management Quiz

Identify these forest management and sawmill activities.

1 / 7

Growing seedlings in a forest nursery

Thinning trees in a nursery

Caring for sod in a nursery

2 / 7

Sorting logs on a log deck

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

Delimbing logs on the landing

3 / 7

Debarking the logs

Sorting the logs

Optimized log bucking

4 / 7

Looking for bugs in the tree

Identifying what type of tree species

Counting rings to tell age of tree

5 / 7

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

Tying a rope around a tree

Tree girdling

6 / 7

Conducting a vegetation survey

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Building a fence in the forest

7 / 7

Measuring width of stream channel

Inspecting the water quality

Managing stream-side vegetation

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age of a tree

13 votes, 3.1 avg

330

How to Tell the Age of a Tree

What is the age of this tree?

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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.

2 / 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.

3 / 4

What are the growth rings of a tree?

A ruler to measure growth.

A ring you put around a tree.

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

4 / 4

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

Tippy top

Leader

First branch

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climate

7 votes, 3.6 avg

145

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

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

All of the answers

Keeping forests healthy and growing by managing them

3 / 4

How does wood products help reduce global warming?

Wood products store carbon which was removed from the atmosphere

Wood is used to build things

Wood products goes to bat for global warming

Naturally grown trees are nature's friends

4 / 4

How do managed forests help reduce global warming?

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

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

All of the answers

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

27 votes, 3.8 avg

989

Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Western Hemlock

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

3 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

4 / 7

Alnus rubra

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

5 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Douglas fir

Ponderosa Pine

Western Hemlock

6 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

7 / 7

Thuja plicata

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

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Wildlife

16 votes, 3.4 avg

196

Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 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

Plants that have been eaten

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

All of the answers

2 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

A bird family that lives in a nest

Plants that grow out of a fallen tree

Something you get when you don't brush your teeth

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

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?

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

There are not any amphibians in Washington state

At least 26 species of amphibians live in Washington state

Amphibians live both on land and in water

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The average score is 75%

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Type of Tree

110 votes, 4.1 avg

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What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas-fir

2 / 7

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

Ponderosa Pine

3 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

4 / 7

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

Sitka Spruce

5 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

6 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

7 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

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Environment

19 votes, 3.1 avg

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Environment

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

1 / 4

How is carbon stored in wood?

Unhealthy trees release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

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

All of the answers

Through photosynthesis

2 / 4

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

They generate less CO2 emissions

Wood stores carbon

All of the answers

They produce less air and water pollution

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

3 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

All of the answers

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

4 / 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

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The average score is 68%

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Products

11 votes, 4.6 avg

344

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

Nebraska

Washington

California

Oregon

2 / 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

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

All of the answers

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

3 / 5

How much carbon does wood store?

All of the answers

Wood does not store carbon

50% of wood is stored carbon

Wood stores oxygen

4 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

All of the answers

Toothpaste

Biofuel

Ice cream

5 / 5

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

Monopoly

Game of Life

Twister

Giant Jenga game

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The average score is 62%

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Regions

30 votes, 4.1 avg

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Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Tree species

Plant life

Animals and their habitats

All of the answers

Climate

2 / 5

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

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

Coastal forest region

3 / 5

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

Eastside forests

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

Coastal forest region

4 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Eastside forests

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

Mountain forests

5 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

cold, and icy areas

moderate temperatures

very hot region

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The average score is 59%

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Layers

21 votes, 4.1 avg

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Forest Layers

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

1 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Deer and Elk

Birds of Prey

Earthworms

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

Basement, first floor, second floor and attic

Top, bottom and middle

Canopy, understory, forest floor and subfloor

3 / 5

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

Birds of prey

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

Cavity nesters

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

4 / 5

Which forest layer looks like it touches the sky?

The top layer which is the highest one

The understory where all the branches of the trees are

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

5 / 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 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

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The average score is 72%

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