NRM 415 Exam One
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wildfire | show 🗑
|
||||
| prescribed fire | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | a process where nutrients are converted from organic to inorganic (plant available) forms
🗑
|
||||
| show | chemical combustion reaction producing heat and light
🗑
|
||||
| show | oxygen, heat, fuel
🗑
|
||||
| show | absorption of heat into biomass
🗑
|
||||
| show | release energy from burning biomass into surroundings
🗑
|
||||
| show | breakdown by fire
🗑
|
||||
| driver | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | flaming and glowing/smoldering
🗑
|
||||
| show | products of mainly dehydration; water vapor and volatile compounds
🗑
|
||||
| show | products of mainly complete combustion; burned carbon particulates and soot
🗑
|
||||
| heat transfer | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | movement/transfer of (heat) energy through molecules and gases
🗑
|
||||
| show | movement of fire horizontally, often lateral due to wind or slope
🗑
|
||||
| show | vacuum created for a short time in a fire
🗑
|
||||
| radiation | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | movement of energy via contact (objects or elements in an object)
🗑
|
||||
| fire perimeter | show 🗑
|
||||
| head | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | side roughly parallel to the main direction of spread
🗑
|
||||
| rear (heel) | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | narrow (often long) extensions from the main fire body
🗑
|
||||
| show | the highly intensive continuous combustion
🗑
|
||||
| flame length | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | any activity that disrupts the fuel (mineral soil)
🗑
|
||||
| show | burn everything to blackness
🗑
|
||||
| flame height | show 🗑
|
||||
| canopy/crown base height (CBH) | show 🗑
|
||||
| rate of spread (ROS) | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | fire that moves along with the wind direction
🗑
|
||||
| show | fire that moves against the wind direction
🗑
|
||||
| show | a fire that moves perpendicular (-ish) to the wind direction or slightly parallel
🗑
|
||||
| show | a fire that typically burns without flame and with a very slow spread
🗑
|
||||
| show | burns with low flame and slow spread, jumps due to disconnected fuel
🗑
|
||||
| show | fire produces embers moved by wind that facilitate ignition beyond the main fire
🗑
|
||||
| torching | show 🗑
|
||||
| residence time | show 🗑
|
||||
| fire duration | show 🗑
|
||||
| fire frequency | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | duration between successive fires within the same area
🗑
|
||||
| fire intensity | show 🗑
|
||||
| fire severity | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | ground fire. herbaceous plants and some shrubs killed. some charring of tree stems to about 20% of tree height. less than 25% of trees killed
🗑
|
||||
| show | ground fire and burning lower tree limbs, herbaceous plants, and some shrubs killed. stem charring to about 70% of tree height. between 25-75% of trees killed
🗑
|
||||
| show | ground and canopy fire. all shrubs and herbaceous plants killed. more than 75% of stem height charred. more than 75% of trees killed
🗑
|
||||
| mixed severity | show 🗑
|
||||
| "fire seasonality" | show 🗑
|
||||
| ground fire | show 🗑
|
||||
| surface fire | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | fire advances independently between crowns
🗑
|
||||
| show | (description of what a fire did, could be any of the three) significant changes in regular structure and physical environment. this fire type is lethal to all vegetation
🗑
|
||||
| show | fire regime groups and regime condition class
🗑
|
||||
| fire regime groups | show 🗑
|
||||
| regime condition class | show 🗑
|
||||
| wildland | show 🗑
|
||||
| what can wildland fires be | show 🗑
|
||||
| causes of wildfires | show 🗑
|
||||
| benefits of fire | show 🗑
|
||||
| characteristics of fire | show 🗑
|
||||
| combustion process reactions and phases | show 🗑
|
||||
| preignition phase | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | combustible gases (like methane, toluene, and xylene), volatile organic compounds (like oils and wax extractives), and char or tar
🗑
|
||||
| show | the temperature threshold for fire, indicates self-sustained heat production and external heat input ends with pyrolysis sustains
🗑
|
||||
| show | due to inadequate heat supply and/or inadequate duration of heat supply
🗑
|
||||
| show | rapid high temperature oxidation of chemical energy in biomass (now actually breaking bonds)
🗑
|
||||
| what is the driver of combustion? | show 🗑
|
||||
| what are the two types of combustion | show 🗑
|
||||
| flaming combusiton | show 🗑
|
||||
| glowing/smoldering combustion | show 🗑
|
||||
| why can incomplete combustion happen? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | convection, radiation, and conduction
🗑
|
||||
| show | results from fast moving hot air moving upwards, carrying smoke and particles influenced by wind.
🗑
|
||||
| whirlwind fires | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | chains per hour
🗑
|
||||
| what are factors that influence rate of spread? | show 🗑
|
||||
| show | longer heat exposure can cause soil organism death, change in soil properties (like aggregate structure, moisture content, and increase in Fe and Al oxides), nutrient loss and unavailable complexes of Ca and Mg, and organic matter decomposition
🗑
|
||||
| why is fire regime important? | show 🗑
|
||||
| what are characteristics used to describe a fire regime for a given ecosystem type | show 🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
ethompson238
Popular Ecology sets