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Necessary to support combustion and also affects wild fire behavior a. Fuel The process by which organic molecules are degraded into volatiles that support combustion b. Pyrolysis Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen ...

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Necessary to support combustion and also affects wild fire behavior - ANSWER-
a. Fuel

The process by which organic molecules are degraded into volatiles that support
combustion - ANSWER- b. Pyrolysis

A fire burning in litter and small understory vegetation would be considered -
ANSWER- Surface fire

_____ is a heat transfer by gas - ANSWER- Combustion

Typical after sunrise - ANSWER- Temperature increase, relative humidity
decrease and increased fire behavior

On terrain level as wind increases: - ANSWER- fire shape becomes more elliptical
and fire behavior increases

Compared to north aspects, south aspects: - ANSWER- South have lighter and
dryer fuels

As slope increase fire behavior
a. Will always increase
b. Will always decrease
c. Neither - ANSWER- C. neither, it depends on wind and weather or not it is going
up or down hill

Fire behavior would likely decrease as fuel particles ____________ increases -
ANSWER- packing ratio

, 10 hour time lag fuels are considered to a diameter that is - ANSWER- 1/4"-1"

Thick Bark would be an adaptation for a species living in an ________ regime -
ANSWER- Understory

Serotinous cones would be an adaptation for living in a ________fire regime -
ANSWER- Stand replacing

For an individual plant charrate-induces germination would be an adaptation to
a. Prevent
b. Recover
c. Neither a not b - ANSWER- C. Neither, presist

Rapid self-pruning would be an adaptation to - ANSWER- prevent fire damage

Allelopathy is an adaptation to - ANSWER- prevent fire damage

Which species has thick bark to prevent fire damage - ANSWER- Coulter pine

_____is one of the few species that is able to sprout from its stem and braches -
ANSWER- coast live oak and redwood

Which of the following be categorized as an adaptation to persist in a fire prone
environment
-Thick bark
-early self-pruning
-nether - ANSWER- Neither, seeding or sprouting

_____ almost exclusively regenerates in the western U.S. by sprouting -
ANSWER- quacking apsen

Fire scars most often arise from - ANSWER- Surface fires

A _____ will most likely have the longest lasting effects on a given ecosystem -
ANSWER- Low intensity ground fire

Seasonality of a fire is generally more important to ______ Plants - ANSWER-
Annual

On a given slope fire scars are most likely to be found ________ - ANSWER-
Facing up hill

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