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Environmental Change and Challenge, Second Edition - Quiz 09

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Question 1:

What percentage of the drainage basins in the Boreal Shield have been untouched by hydro development?
a) 50 per cent
b) 35 per cent
c) 25 per cent
d) 15 per cent
e) 83 per cent

Question 2:

Employment and wealth generated by nature-related recreational activities in Canada amount to:
a) approximately 100,000 jobs and $5 billion of gross domestic product
b) approximately 145,000 jobs and $5 billion of gross domestic product
c) approximately 245,000 jobs and $12 billion of gross deomestic product
d) approximately 370,000 jobs and $20 billion of gross domestic product
e) approximately 500,000 jobs and $30 billion of gross domestic product

Question 3:

Canada accounts for 10 per cent of the global trade in forest products.
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

Developing countries consume more than 80 per cent of their wood as fuel.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

Which four countries together contain over 50 per cent of the world's forests?
a) Canada, Russia, the United States, and Brazil
b) Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, and Sweden
c) Canada, Russia, Brazil, and Finland
d) Russia, the United States, Brazil, and Sweden
e) Canada, the United States, Russia, and Indonesia

Question 6:

The British Columbia Forest Practices Code prohibits clear-cutting on sites:
a) in streamside management zones
b) with very unstable terrain
c) in old-growth management areas
d) where visual quality is a prime consideration
e) all of the above

Question 7:

Outbreaks of mountain pine beetles in the interior forests of British Columbia have been exacerbated by:
a) clear-cutting of old-growth forest
b) uniformly mature pine stands
c) reduced populations of their main predator, the white-headed woodpecker
d) a and b
e) a and c

Question 8:

The decline in grizzly bear populations in North America is attributed to:
a) chemicals used to suppress secondary succession vegetation in reforested areas
b) human disturbance
c) an overabundance of coniferous forests
d) all of the above

Question 9:

Which of the following is not an indicator used by Environment Canada to assess the health of forests?
a) percentage of ecozone with strictly protected forest areas
b) population status of forest bird species in selected forest ecozones
c) total area harvested
d) total area of old-growth forest
e) number of forest fires in Canada and area burned

Question 10:

It is difficult for Canadian forest companies to attain certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) because:
a) there is excessive use of biocides
b) too many forest-dwelling species are endangered or threatened
c) clear-cutting is the dominant harvesting system in Canada
d) reforestation activities have lagged behind the rate of conversion
e) none of the above