Quiz - Forest Industry Quiz (Scott Mollison)
Forest Industry Quiz
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BC produces ________ of Canada's saw mill output.
a. 1/10
b. 3/4
c. 2/3
d. 100%
e. 99%
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C
______ of BC's earnings come from the Forest Industry.
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 70%
e. 93%
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C
______ of BC's workforce is directly or indirectly linked to the Forest Industry.
a. 15%
b. 30%
c. 47%
d. 50%
e. 100%
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D
The BC Forest Industry creates __________
a. jobs
b. problems
c. social uproar
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A
__________ is the world’s largest integrated forest products plant.
a. Ketchikan
b. Port Hardy
c. Port Alberni
d. Prince George
e. Prince Rupert
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C
Integrated forest products plants _____________________.
a. Are owned by more than one company
b. Make plywood and shingles
c. Use all parts of the tree
d. are many plants attached to each other.
e. both B and C
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E
Forests are a ______________ resource.
a. never-ending
b. renewable
c. infinite
d. finite
e. non-renewable
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B
Integrated forest products plant makes more money because it's more _____________.
Answer
efficient
______________ is the “White spruce capital of the world”
a. Ketchikan
b. Prince George
c. Port Hardy
d. Port Alberni
e. Prince Rupert
Answer
B
__________ is used when forest is of mixed species + age.
a. Selective / choice cutting
b. Clear-cutting
c. Patch logging
d. Strip cutting
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A
__________ is done when a single species is dominant and the stand is of a similar age.
a. Selective / choice cutting
b. Clear-cutting
c. Patch logging
d. Strip cutting
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B
________ is used when only small areas or patches are cut out.
a. Selective / choice cutting
b. Clear-cutting
c. Patch logging
d. Strip cutting
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C
A wood or metal pole positioned at the center of the collecting area and equipped with a system of pulleys and steel cables for collecting cut logs.
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Spar
A cluster of logs towed behind a tugboat.
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Log Boom
A management policy to ensure a continuing supply of a resource.
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Sustained yield policy
The unused branches cut from trees during logging.
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Slash
Harvest workers who hand pick the crop.
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Stoop labor
Farms run by corporations rather than by individuals.
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Corporate farm
The transfer of freight from one form of transportation to another.
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Transshipment
The separation of a shipment into smaller amounts for easier shipping to customers.
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Break-of-bulk point
A large sealed, metal box used to ship finished products; can be moved interchangeably by ship, train, and truck.
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Container
Transportation system using two or more integrated forms of transport.
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Intermodal Shipping
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