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1. Which of the following statements is true?

Canadian forests support about 170 communities
Forest resources in Canada support about 1,400,000 people
Forest products are the biggest net contributor to Canada’ s visible trade balance
All of the above

2. The coastal temperate rainforest covers only 0.2 percent of the Earth’ s land surface. Of this amount, what percentage is found in British Columbia?

15– 30
18– 25
1– 8
5– 10

3. Select the best statement. Relative to other nations:

More rural people in Canada derive their livelihoods from forest resources
Most of the Canadian forests are publicly owned
More hunting is allowed in Canadian forests all-year round
Canada has weaker legislation, policies, and regulations that govern forest management

4. Which of the following systems is normally the most cost-effective means of tree harvesting in Canada?

Clear-cutting
Selection cutting
Shelter cutting
Shear cutting

5. Why is Canada referred to as the “ Brazil of the North” ?

Because Canada’ s economy is also highly dependent on forest resources
Because Canadian government policy also favours reforestation
Because hunting is also allowed in Canadian forests
Because deforestation also occurs in Canada

6. The best habitat for the Pacific yew is a canopy of old-growth trees. Which of the following is NOT among the reasons why the Pacific yew prefers old-growth trees to new-growth trees?

Because the new-growth trees provide too much shade
Because rainfall is higher in the environment of old-growth trees
Because the canopies of the old-growth trees provide a cool temperature that is needed by the yew
Because humidity is higher in the environments of old-growth trees

7. Which of the following is NOT in a forest harvesting method?

Seed-tree cutting
Strip cutting
Shelterwood cutting
Shear cutting

8. ____________ is a reduction in the volume of wood production caused by the shift from exploiting old growth forests to exploiting managed forests.

Monoculturalism
Economic productivity marginalization
Falldown
Shelterwood harvesting

9. Emissions from which of the following countries’ mining and smelting operations have killed their entire forest resources and damaged forests in other countries?

Russia
Britain
Germany
United States

10. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Ahousaht Wild Side Heritage Trail?

It is a 16-kilometre ocean-side trail
It was constructed by 20 hard-working young Native and non-Native people
The Western Canadian Wilderness Committee helped construct the trail
The Government of Canada contributed most of the grants for the construction of the forest walks

11. Which of the following cannot be attributed, at least partly, to our forests:

Fish, pileated woodpeckers, edible mushrooms, and Blackburnian warblers
Hockey sticks, newspapers, artificial vanilla extract, and rayon fabric
Fresh water, spiritual fulfillment, and oxygen
Local water shortages and low biodiversity as trees dominate the site

12. Which of the following statements best describes how trees help to reduce the negative effects of excess CO₂ produced by humans:

The shade they provide slows down critical reactions in the carbon cycle
Mycorrhizal fungi on their roots transform the CO2 into CO
They incorporate carbon into their wood
They use the process of photosynthesis to produce CO

13. Which of the following is NOT true of the conflict between environmentalists and loggers in Clayoquot Sound, B.C., in the early 1990s?

The area under dispute covered about 260,000 hectares
Grandmothers, ex-loggers, students, and politicians participated in the largest display of civil disobedience in Canadian history (up to 1994) to save the old-growth forest of the Sound
As a result of the civil protests, almost all of the old-growth forest of the Sound was protected from harvesting
The area lies within the coastal temperate rain-forest biome

14. Generally, the economic maturity of a forest occurs when:

The trees have ceased to provide any ecological benefit
Economic value and ecological value are equal
The trees are just old enough to generate a profit
Trees develop their strongest and highest value wood

15. Which of the following can be attributable to a fallen tree on the forest floor:

Compared to when they were standing, they are just as valuable— or more valuable— as real estate to members of the forest community
They act like giant sponges, absorbing and holding water and nutrients
They are literally the soil for future generations of trees
All of the above

16. The woodland caribou, marbled murrelet, and American chestnut are all:

Introduced forest pests
Examples of species that thrive in short-rotation forests
Species that do well under the selection system of forest management
Forest-dwelling species at risk in Canada

17. The selection system is appropriate if forest managers want to produce:

An even-aged forest
An uneven-aged forest
A jack pine forest
A poplar and birch forest

18. To find out if you had a rare, threatened, or endangered forest plant on your property, you would consult a list prepared by:

GLWQ Board
NODA
COSEWIC
BUFO

19. Which of the following are products obtained from tropical rain-forest plants?

Coffee and chocolate
Drugs for Parkinson’ s disease, leukemia, and multiple sclerosis
Nuts, gums, and fruits
All of the above

20. Forest management in Canada is moving toward more sustainable management systems. The conservation of biodiversity is a key component of many of these systems. Which of the following should be considered by provinces wanting to conserve biodiversity?

The maintenance of species diversity
The maintenance of landscape diversity
The maintenance of genetic diversity
All of the above