Final Review

Question 1

What tern refers to soil related damage either through compaction, tire rutting, or erosion during harvest?

Answer 1

Site Damage

Question 2

Which harvesting method is ideal for planter mobility when regenerating the site?

Answer 2

Full Tree

Question 3

On forest harvesting operations, sorting is best done where?

Answer 3

At the stump

Question 4

What process does the harvester processor?

Answer 4

Load a truck

Question 5

What is the downfall of using a self loading truck?

Answer 5

Truck can’t take as big of a load of wood

Question 6

What is an advantage of a grapple skidder?

Answer 6

Don’t have to leave the vehicle when loading

Question 7

What are the 3 types of skidders?

Answer 7

-grapple
-clam bunk
-line

Question 8

What is a slope that goes uphill when brining load to a processing site?

Answer 8

Adverse

Question 9

What is the maximum % slope you will encounter without a sign warning?

Answer 9

6%

Question 9

What does tenure mean?

Answer 9

Ownership pattern or arrangement

Question 9

Which harvesting method requires a minimal amount of roadside landing?

Answer 9

Cut To Length

Question 10

What is Afforestation?

Answer 10

Planting trees on an area where there hasn’t been a crop for at least 50 years

Question 10

What is a seeds place of origin?

Answer 10

Provenance

Question 11

What must a tree be to be considered tree length wood?

Answer 11

-felled
-bunched
-topped

Question 12

What piece of equipment is not needed if you have a feller buncher?

Answer 12

Porter forwarder

Question 13

What is Reforestation?

Answer 13

Establishing a forest crop within 5 years

Question 14

Which truck / trailer displaces the most eight?

Answer 14

Super “B” Train

Question 15

What piece of harvesting equipment is fastest for wood forwarding?

Answer 15

Skidder

Question 16

What is Site Occupancy?

Answer 16

The amount of land taken up by roads and landings during harvest

Question 17

What are small cables that attach to the main line of a skidder that are meant to be wrapped around individual logs called?

Answer 17

Chockers

Question 18

What is the maximum % slope a train can sustain?

Answer 18

2%

Question 19

What 2 pieces of forestry equipment are designed to buck wood?

Answer 19

Slasher and Harvester processor

Question 20

What is Regeneration?

Answer 20

When the desirable species grows back on a site?

Question 21

What is the part of the tree that is free from branches?

Answer 21

Bole

Question 22

What are the biggest advantage of tracked vehicles?

Answer 22

Little soil impact

Question 23

What piece of forestry equipment can harvest wood from the farthest distance?

Answer 23

Line Skidder

Question 24

What is vegetation?

Answer 24

When a non desirable species grows on a harvest site

Question 25

What species is currently worth the most money on a m3 basis in Saskatchewan?

Answer 25

White Birch

Question 26

What is Stumpage?

Answer 26

Money paid for the rights to harvest and keep wood off of someone else's land

Question 27

What is deforestaion?

Answer 27

To take an area put of forest production

Question 28

What is a slasher?

Answer 28

A mechanical device used at roadside for bucking trees to uniform size

Question 29

What is the term for Saskatchewan royalty rates that go towards regeneration costs?

Answer 29

Fees

Question 30

The Cut To Length takes up how much road side landing space?

Answer 30

Minimal

Question 31

what specie bring the most money to Saskatchewan?

Answer 31

White Spruce

Question 32

What are two ways why planation wood cheaper to harvest

Answer 32

-Roads are already established -Will not have to deal with undesirables such as vegetation

Question 33

What are 3 advantages of using wood?

Answer 33

-Renewable -Require little energy -Less detrimental impacts on the environment

Question 34

what is the number one use for wood on the planet?

Answer 34

Fuelwood

Question 35

What is the greatest % of land that roads, landings and ski trails can take up in a harvest area?

Answer 35

16%

Question 36

Are porters and feller bunchers designed to be used together?

Answer 36

No

Question 37

What is an Unproductive Forest Site?

Answer 37

When the site cannot produce a commercial volume within a reasonable amount of time

Question 38

What is the most economical way of harvesting trees with a low volume or value?

Answer 38

Clearcut

Question 39

How many gymnosperm tree species are in Canada's forest?

Answer 39

31

Question 40

What is the most shade tolerant tree species in Saskatchewan?

Answer 40

Balsam Fir

Question 41

What forest region is tyfified by Red Spruce?

Answer 41

Acadian

Question 42

What is the natural seeding distance of trees?

Answer 42

2H

Question 43

Do most angiosperm species shut down before or after conifers?

Answer 43

After

Question 44

What forest region is Canada's most southern point located in?

Answer 44

Deciduous

Question 45

what is the term for plant species with male and female trees?

Answer 45

Dioecious

Question 46

What tree has the strongest and longest fibers?

Answer 46

Black Spruce

Question 47

How old are Canada's forests?

Answer 47

10,000 years

Question 48

Which conifer species is typical of the easter Boreal forest?

Answer 48

Balsam Fir

Question 49

Which conifer species is typical of the central Boreal forest?

Answer 49

Jack Pine

Question 50

Which conifer species is typical of the western Boreal forest?

Answer 50

Lodgepole Pine

Question 51

Which crown shape would be the next to die off?

Answer 51

Suppressed

Question 52

What carries photosynthesis products up the tree?

Answer 52

Xylem

Question 53

What tree species grows all across Canada?

Answer 53

Black Spruce

Question 54

What is the term for cone bearing?

Answer 54

Conifer

Question 55

What is a shade intolerant tree?

Answer 55

A tree that needs full sunlight and cannot live in the shade

Question 56

What is deliquescent?

Answer 56

When a central tree stem is divided in their lower portion due to branching

Question 57

What is it called when buds break in the spring?

Answer 57

Flushing

Question 58

Which forest region is richest in hardwood components?

Answer 58

Deciduous

Question 59

The previous growth of these may indicate site capability

Answer 59

Leaders

Question 60

Which forest region chases up river valleys?

Answer 60

Columbian

Question 61

What is a large seeded tree located in Ontario?

Answer 61

Walnut

Question 62

What species is not a true Fir?

Answer 62

Douglas Fir

Question 64

What tree is not large seeded and found in the Deciduous forest region?

Answer 64

Oak

Question 65

What are the 2 components of Silva Culture?

Answer 65

-Stand Establishment -Stand Tending

Question 66

What 2 features are required to interpret a site index curve?

Answer 66

Age and Height

Question 67

What crown shape will produce in the next little while?

Answer 67

Free To Grow

Question 68

Why does Saskatchewan have a limited variety of tree species growing?

Answer 68

Our winter temperatures limit species

Question 69

What method of asexual reproduction is typical of Black Spruce in a poor site?

Answer 69

Layering

Question 70

What is the term for a tree that takes up more than it's economic existence?

Answer 70

Wold Tree

Question 71

What is girdling?

Answer 71

When you make an incision around the tree with the hopes of killing it