Forest Product's Week - Supply And Demand
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Which building material is nearly carbon neutral when used as a building material?
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Concrete
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Steel
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Wood
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Plastic
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Kentucky's forests are mostly owned by ?
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Private landowners
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County/municipal
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Federal
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State
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A. Private landownersExplanation
Answer A – Private landowners own 88% of the forest land in KY. County/Municipalities own 0.6%; the federal government owns 10%; and the state owns just 1.4%.Rate this question:
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Which of the following species is not one of the top 3 timber species in the state of Kentucky?
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White oak
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Yellow-poplar
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Loblolly pine
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Red oak
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A. Loblolly pineExplanation
Answer C - Seventy-five percent of the forestland in KY is composed of oak-hickory forest type. Pines make up less than 5%Rate this question:
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Which of the below is considered to be a hardwood?
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Eastern redwood
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Sugar maple
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Eastern red cedar
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Virginia pine
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A. Sugar mapleExplanation
Answer B - Hardwoods include oaks, gums, maples, hickories and walnuts. Softwoods include pines, cedars, spruces, hemlocks, true firs, Douglas firs and redwoods.Rate this question:
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Kentucky’s forests cover approximately what percentage of the state?
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25%
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50%
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75%
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100%
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A. 50%Explanation
Answer B - Twelve million acres, 47 percent of Kentucky’s 25,425,904 acres, are covered in forest. Kentucky lost more than 700,000 acres of forest between 1988 and 2004, mostly due to the conversion of forest for development purposes. Forest conversion is recognized as one of the most serious threats to forests in Kentucky.Rate this question:
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