The Science Of Fire Quiz

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1. There are two types of trees that actually benefit from a prescribed forest burn? Why?
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This is a fun quiz for the science of fire. Take this quiz and have a good time!

2. When carbohydrates, such as flour, are hanging in the air, as a dust, and are ignited by a heat source, what can happen?
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3. What would NASA have to do with fire science?
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4. The organization, IAFSS, encourages research into the science of preventing the adverse affects of fires. What does IAFSS stand for?
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5. Another name for the transformed area where a prescribed burn has been is?
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6. What is a small fire produced from flying embers from the initial fire is called?
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7. Firewise is a website dedicated to whom?
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8. The heat in a fire causes the fuel to decompose into simpler components. How is that process called?
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9. The four components found in wood are?
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10. What does "candling", in firemen's terminology, mean?
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11. A fire that requires a large organization to stop it and prolonged activity to put it out is called what?
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12. The products of burning include which gases?
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13. In fire science terminology, aerosol is another name for what?
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14. A fire edge that crosses over a boundary intended to contain the fire is called what?
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15. An underburn is what?
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16. How is a fame in a gas burner that is hot, with very little soot, called?
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There are two types of trees that actually benefit from a prescribed...
When carbohydrates, such as flour, are hanging in the air, as a dust,...
What would NASA have to do with fire science?
The organization, IAFSS, encourages research into the science of...
Another name for the transformed area where a prescribed burn has been...
What is a small fire produced from flying embers from the initial fire...
Firewise is a website dedicated to whom?
The heat in a fire causes the fuel to decompose into simpler...
The four components found in wood are?
What does "candling", in firemen's terminology, mean?
A fire that requires a large organization to stop it and prolonged...
The products of burning include which gases?
In fire science terminology, aerosol is another name for what?
A fire edge that crosses over a boundary intended to contain the fire...
An underburn is what?
How is a fame in a gas burner that is hot, with very little soot,...
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