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Tree Species

12 votes, 4.7 avg

227

Tree Species Quiz

Identify some of the tree species from Washington state.

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Sitka Spruce

Western Red Cedar

Ponderosa Pine

2 / 7

Western Hemlock

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

3 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Red Alder

4 / 7

Red Alder

Pacific Yew

Ponderosa Pine

5 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Douglas-fir

6 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew

Western Red Cedar

7 / 7

Douglas-fir

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

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Forestry

6 votes, 4.7 avg

113

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 the logs

Optimized log bucking

Debarking the logs

3 / 7

Sorting logs on a log deck

Delimbing logs on the landing

Load log truck with knuckleboom loader

4 / 7

Counting rings to tell age of tree

Identifying what type of tree species

Looking for bugs in the tree

5 / 7

Measuring the width of a buffer zone

Building a fence in the forest

Conducting a vegetation survey

6 / 7

Tying a rope around a tree

Measuring tree diameter at breast height (DBH)

Tree girdling

7 / 7

Managing stream-side vegetation

Inspecting the water quality

Measuring width of stream channel

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age of a tree

15 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?

Tippy top

Leader

First branch

2 / 4

What is an increment borer?

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

An insect that bores into the bark of a tree.

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

3 / 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.

4 / 4

What are the growth rings of a tree?

A ring you put around a tree.

A ruler to measure growth.

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

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climate

7 votes, 3.6 avg

150

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?

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

All of the answers

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

2 / 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

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 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

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The average score is 63%

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Dendrology

30 votes, 3.8 avg

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Dendrology - the study of trees

Can you identify the scientific name of these trees?

1 / 7

Taxus brevifolia

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

2 / 7

Thuja plicata

Sitka Spruce

Douglas-fir

Western Red Cedar

3 / 7

Picea sitchensis

Pacific Yew

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

4 / 7

Alnus rubra

Western Red Cedar

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

5 / 7

Pinus ponderosa

Ponderosa Pine

Douglas fir

Western Hemlock

6 / 7

Tsuga heterophylla

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

Western Hemlock

7 / 7

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Sitka Spruce

Red Alder

Douglas-fir

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Wildlife

16 votes, 3.4 avg

207

Wildlife Detective

Can you identify the wildlife in the forest?

1 / 4

How many species of amphibians live 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

There are a bunch of salamanders and frogs in Washington state

2 / 4

What are cavity nesters?

Something you get when you don't brush your teeth

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

3 / 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

Old brick house

Fallen trees

Fenceposts and barbed wire

4 / 4

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

Plants that have been eaten

Looking in the canopy layer for birds and nests

Seeing insects, slugs and animals

Finding evidence of animal droppings

All of the answers

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The average score is 76%

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Type of Tree

116 votes, 4.1 avg

7102

What Type of Tree is This?

Can you identify these Washington state trees?

1 / 7

Red Alder

Western Red Cedar

Pacific Yew

2 / 7

Sitka Spruce

Western Hemlock

Ponderosa Pine

3 / 7

Western Red Cedar

Douglas-fir

Ponderosa Pine

4 / 7

Douglas-fir

Sitka Spruce

Ponderosa Pine

5 / 7

Western Hemlock

Western Red Cedar

Red Alder

6 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Pacific Yew

Red Alder

7 / 7

Ponderosa Pine

Red Alder

Sitka Spruce

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Environment

20 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

Glass and aluminum cans

Food waste from the grocery store

2 / 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

Through photosynthesis

All of the answers

3 / 4

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

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

All of the answers

Wood stores carbon

They generate less CO2 emissions

They produce less air and water pollution

4 / 4

Growing forests and wood products help our environment by:

All of the answers

Healthy, growing trees release oxygen into the atmosphere

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

Absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it in the wood

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The average score is 69%

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Products

13 votes, 4.7 avg

360

Wood Products

Why do we need wood products?

1 / 5

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

Monopoly

Giant Jenga game

Twister

Game of Life

2 / 5

Which of these products have wood in them?

Ice cream

All of the answers

Biofuel

Toothpaste

3 / 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

4 / 5

Which state grows the most wood products in America?

Oregon

Nebraska

Washington

California

5 / 5

How much carbon does wood store?

Wood stores oxygen

Wood does not store carbon

50% of wood is stored carbon

All of the answers

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The average score is 62%

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Regions

32 votes, 4.1 avg

950

Forest Regions

What is unique about each forest region?

1 / 5

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

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

Mountain forest region

2 / 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

3 / 5

Which region features ponderosa pine?

Eastside forests

Mountain forests

Coastal forest region

Lowland forest region

4 / 5

What is a temperate climate?

cold, and icy areas

moderate temperatures

very hot region

5 / 5

What are the characteristics of the growing regions?

Plant life

All of the answers

Climate

Animals and their habitats

Tree species

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The average score is 59%

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Layers

23 votes, 4.2 avg

436

Forest Layers

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

1 / 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 top layer which is the highest one

The attic layer which is at the top of the house

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?

Cavity nesters

Birds of prey

Elk, deer, cougar and black bear

Ants, mountain beavers, moles and worms

4 / 5

What type of animals live in the forest Canopy?

Deer and Elk

Birds of Prey

Earthworms

Bigfoot

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 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

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The average score is 72%

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