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Racell Resource Stac
Resources
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Resource Management | Managing of resource harvesting so that resources are not depleted |
| Maximum Sustainable Yield | MSY |
| Ecosystem-based Management | To harvest resources in ways that minimize impact on the ecosystems and ecological processes that provide the resources |
| Adaptive Management | Scientifically testing different management approaches in an area, one after the other, and then customizing an approach based on results |
| Even-aged | Results of the regrowth of trees that were mostly all cut at the same time |
| Uneven-aged | Results from the regrowth of trees that were cut at different times |
| Clear-cutting | A method in which all of the trees in an area are cut at once |
| Seed-tree Approach | Small numbers of mature and healthy seed-producing trees are left standing so that they can reseed logged areas |
| Shelterwood Approach | Small numbers of mature trees are left in place to provide shelter for seedlings as they grow |
| Selection System | Only some of the trees in a forest are cut |
| Deforestation | The clearing of a forest and the replacement of it by another land use |
| Old-growth Forest | Forest that has never been logged |
| Multiple Use | Forest that are managed for more than one use |
| Monoculture | Large-scale plantings of a single crop |
| Prescribed Burns | Restoring ecosystems that depend on fire (Aka: Controlled Burns) |
| Salvage Logging | The removal of snags following a natural disturbance |
| Sustainable Forestry Certification | Given to products that are produced using methods they consider sustainable |
| Mineral | Naturally occurring, inorganic solid |
| Precipitation | When the liquid in a solution evaporates and the remaining solids crystalize |
| Polymorph | A mineral consisting of the same elements or compounds, but have different crystal structures due to the conditions under which they formed |
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