Fire behavior would likely decrease as a fuel particle's _________ increases.
a. Surface area to volume ratio
b. Packing Ratio
c. Fuel loading
d. Heat content - ANS Packing Ratio
10-hour timelag fuels are considered to have a diameter that is __________.
a. <1/4"
b. <1"
c. 1...
Fire behavior would likely decrease as a fuel particle's _________ increases.
a. Surface area to volume ratio
b. Packing Ratio
c. Fuel loading
d. Heat content - ANS Packing Ratio
10-hour timelag fuels are considered to have a diameter that is __________.
a. <1/4"
b. <1"
c. 1/4" - 1"
d. 1" - 3" - ANS 1/4" - 1"
Thick bark would be an adaptation for a species living in a(n) __________
a. Understory
b. Stand-replacement
c. Mixed severity
d. Non-fire - ANS Understory
Serotinous cones would be an adaptation for species living in a(n) __________
a. Understory
b. Stand-replacement
c. Mixed severity
d. Non-fire - ANS Stand-replacement
For an individual plant, charrate-induced germination would be an adaptation to _______
a. Prevent fire damage
b. Recover from fire damage
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b) - ANS Neither (a) nor (b)
Rapid self-pruning would be an adaptation to __________
a. Prevent fire damage
b. Recover from fire damage
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b) - ANS Prevent fire damage
, Alleleopathy enables a plant to _________
a. Prevent fire damage
b. Recover from fire damage
c. Colonize burned over areas
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - ANS Prevent fire damage
_____________ has thick bark, which is an adaptation to prevent fire damage
a. Knobcone pine
b. Coulter pine
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b) - ANS Coulter pine
___________ is one of the few species that is able to sprout from its stem and branches
a. Coast live oak
b. Coast redwood
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b) - ANS Both (a) & (b)
Which of the following would be categorized as an adaptation to persist in a fire-prone
landscape
a. Thick bark
b. Early self-pruning
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. Neither (a) nor (b) - ANS Neither (a) nor (b)
________________ almost exclusively regenerates in the western U.S. by sprouting
a. Chamise
b. Coast live oak
c. Coast redwood
d. Quaking aspen - ANS Quaking aspen
Fire scars most often arise from _____________
a. Ground fires
b. Surface fires
c. Crown fires - ANS Surface fires
A ________________ will most likely have the longest lasting effects on a given ecosystem
a. Low-intensity ground fire
b. Moderate-intensity surface fire
c. High-intensity surface fire
d. High-intensity crown fire - ANS Low-intensity ground fire
Seasonality of fire is generally more important to ____________ plant species
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