This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Forests – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forests Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mr. Torres engaged in Pasalubong Center business for 10 years in Northern Mindanao. He always buys honeybee and other non-timber forest products for his business. He is willing pay 5% higher than the actual product price. This situation refers to ..... A) Economic surplus. B) Consumer surplus. C) Producer Surplus. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer surplus. 2. What is a harmful effect of overgrazing? A) Animals may pollute streams or lakes with their droppings. B) Land with less or no grass can be easily eroded by wind and water. C) Animals may become overweight. D) A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and B. 3. Roots of trees prevent ..... erosion A) Air. B) Soil. C) Water. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 4. ..... forests are found in areas with very little rainfall. A) Monsoon. B) Deciduous. C) Thorn. D) Evergreen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thorn. 5. What is called for the practice of regulating forest resources to meet the needs of society and industry while preserving the forest's health? A) Unsustainable Forest Management. B) Sustainable Forest Management. C) Environmental protection. D) Forest policy framework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable Forest Management. 6. Prescribed burns are fires that A) Are set by humans. B) Increase the risk of injury. C) Never get out of control. D) Are caused by lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are set by humans. 7. Soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber are examples of A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Renerable resources. C) Forest resources. D) Inexhaustible resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renerable resources. 8. What type of wildlife would you suspect if you saw the bark of young trees damaged? A) Rabbits. B) Beavers. C) Deer. D) Squirrels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabbits. 9. When an ecosystem is left alone after a controlled burn, what is the order of natural succession? A) Fire will have no effect on natural succession. B) Grasses first, then shrubs, followed by trees. C) Large trees first, then shrubs, followed by grasses. D) The fire would destroy all plant life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grasses first, then shrubs, followed by trees. 10. In which region of the USA are you most likely to find loblolly-shortleaf and longleaf pine forest? A) In the North Central and Northeast. B) In the South. C) In the West. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the South. 11. The Buxar Tiger Reserve is seriously threatened by: A) Iron ore mining. B) Volcanic eruption in that area. C) Dolomite mining in that area. D) Oil exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dolomite mining in that area. 12. What is it called when small pieces of rock are carried away by water and sometimes by wind? A) Wildfire. B) Erosion. C) Volcanic eruption. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 13. Cutting down every tree in a large area is an example of ..... A) Selective Cutting. B) Shelterwood Cutting. C) Clear Cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear Cutting. 14. In what part of a forest would you expect to find squirrel nests? A) Snag. B) Understory. C) Subcanopy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcanopy. 15. Cutting down full strips of forests, but leaving fully developed forest in between is an example of ..... A) Selective cutting. B) Shelterwood cutting. C) Clear cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelterwood cutting. 16. Which of the following is an economic value of forests? A) They provide wood. B) They prevent soil erosion. C) They regulate the water cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They provide wood. 17. Reserved and protected forests are also referred to as: A) Open forests. B) Mangrove forests. C) Unclassed forests. D) Permanent forest estates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permanent forest estates. 18. While conserving biological diversity in sustainable forest management, which factor is the least important? A) Native species diversity. B) Ecological community diversity. C) Invasive species diversity. D) Wildlife habitat diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invasive species diversity. 19. Which method of timber harvesting leads to the greatest uneven-aged stands of regrowth? A) Seed-tree approach. B) Selection system. C) Clear-cutting. D) Shelterwood approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selection system. 20. Deciduous trees are trees that A) Lose their leaves in winter. B) Are evergreen. C) Are characterized by pine cones and needle-like leaves. D) Are unsuitable for logging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lose their leaves in winter. 21. What percentage of the world's total land area is covered by forests? A) 2/3. B) 1/3. C) 1/2. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/3. 22. The percentage of Earth's land surface covered by forests A) 15. B) 30. C) 50. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 30. 23. Which of the following species of animal is a rare species? A) Gangetic Dolphin. B) Wild Asiatic buffalo. C) Black Buck. D) Indian Rhino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wild Asiatic buffalo. 24. Which of these kinds of forests would be most common in the South? A) Douglas Fir. B) Pines. C) Oak/Hickory/Maple. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pines. 25. Maintenance of an ecological balance between the ..... in relation to their surroundings A) Biotic and abiotic entities. B) Biotic entity. C) Abiotic entity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic and abiotic entities. 26. Only cutting down mature trees of a specific size, type, and quality is an example of ..... A) Selective Cutting. B) Shelterwood Cutting. C) Clear Cutting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Selective Cutting. 27. How forests increase the atmosphere's humidity? A) By evaporation. B) By nitrogen fixation. C) By photosynthesis. D) By Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By Transpiration. 28. Which statement describes a boreal forest? A) Found near equator. B) Found acrross much of the Lower 48 US. C) Found in the far north. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found in the far north. 29. The forest cover in our country has recently increased due to: A) Increase in natural forest growth. B) Increase in net sown area. C) Plantation by different agencies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantation by different agencies. 30. Which is the largest area of forest in India? A) A). Scrub and grassland. B) B) ).mangrove forests. C) C Tropical evergreen forests. D) D) Tropical deciduous forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D) Tropical deciduous forests. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesForests Quiz 1Forests Quiz 2Forests Quiz 3Forests Quiz 5Forests Quiz 6Forests Quiz 7Forests Quiz 8Forests Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books