Test 1

Question 1

Sustainability

Answer 1

sustainable development is development
that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs

Question 2

Three Pillars of Sustainability

Answer 2

Social
Environmental
Economic

Question 3

5 Facets of Social Sustainability

Answer 3

Social Equity
Diversity
Democratic
Security
QOL

Question 4

What is a big sustainability need?

Answer 4

Clean Energy

Question 5

Why does the definition of a forest vary?

Answer 5

Location and perspective

Question 6

Forests Vary By What?

Answer 6

Latitude, temp, precipatation, soils, and human patterns

Question 7

Total Area of Forests

Answer 7

Forest Extent

Question 8

How many forests in the world

Answer 8

4 billion hectares that cover 30% of the world

Question 8

Forest Definition

Answer 8

Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and canopy cover of more than 10 percent. Land is not used by humans.

Question 9

How to quantify amount of forests

Answer 9

Remote sensing

Question 10

Size of Ecosystems

Answer 10

Can be any size and scale

Question 11

Ecosystem Services

Answer 11

Benefits people obtain from ecosystems

Question 12

Value of Ecosystem

Answer 12

Human Wellbeing it provides

Question 13

Study of how human social systems relate with ecological systems

Answer 13

Human Ecology

Question 14

The ecosystem provides services to the social system by moving materials, energy and information to the social system to meet people’s needs.

Answer 14

Ecosystem Foods

Question 15

meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Answer 15

Sustainable developments

Question 16

Global Forest Goal #1

Answer 16

Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including
protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation and contribute to the global effort of addressing climate change.

Question 17

Global Forest Goal #2

Answer 17

Enhance social, economic, and environmental benefits by improving the lives of forest dependent people.

Question 18

Global Forest Goal #3

Answer 18

Increase area of protected forests worldwide

Question 19

Global Forest Goal #4

Answer 19

Mobilize new financial resources to implement in forest management

Question 20

Global Forest Goal #5

Answer 20

Promote governance frameworks to implement sustainable forest management

Question 21

Global Forest Goal #6

Answer 21

Enhance cooperation, coordination, coherence and synergies on forest-related issues at all levels

Question 22

Four Main Sustainability Objectives

Answer 22

eradicate poverty; heal the planet;
secure prosperity for all; and foster peace and
justice.

Question 23

Current Forest Trends

Answer 23

1. Deforestation
2. World will not meet current plan to increase forest growth by 3%
3. Forests cover 30% of land area
4. Tropical area is most abundant

Question 24

Succession

Answer 24

Alters forest composition and structure over time

Question 25

Final Succession Stage

Answer 25

Vegetation in a biome called a climax community

Question 26

How do forests make the air breathable?

Answer 26

Forest Photosynthesis produces oxygen

Question 27

What is a key driver of photosynthesis

Answer 27

CO2 Light

Question 28

What determines color on leaves

Answer 28

Amount of sun absorbed creating chlorophyll

Question 29

What affects plant respiration

Answer 29

temp, growth stage, and type of plant

Question 30

What happens if a forest exceeds respiration

Answer 30

Mass amount of carbon

Question 31

Transpiration

Answer 31

when plants lose H2O due to evaporation

Question 32

When Precipitation hits the canopy

Answer 32

interception through fall snow fall

Question 33

Macronutrients Micronutrients

Answer 33

Nutrients from non living to living environments

Question 34

Biomes

Answer 34

Worlds major communities that are shared with regional climates

Question 35

3 main biomes

Answer 35

Boreal Temperate Tropical

Question 36

Which Biome currently has the most deforestation

Answer 36

Tropical

Question 37

How much forest area has been lost

Answer 37

About 50% and 1.8 billion hectares

Question 38

4 Ecosystem Types

Answer 38

Cultural Supporting Provisional Regulating

Question 39

How much freshwater from forests

Answer 39

2/3 of US fresh water is produced by forests