Forests and Ecology Quiz Game

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Forests and Ecology Quiz Game
By Emily T., Chris H., Jamie M., and Kimberly
G. Lowndes County High School
Submitted by James Corbett Modified by Georgia
Agricultural Education Curriculum Office June 2007
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Ecosystem
Concepts
Manage-ment
Misc.
Forestry
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Ecosystems for 1
Question ________ vary in size from a few acres
to thousands of acres.
Check Your Answer
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Ecosystem for 1
Answer Ecosystems
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Ecosystem for 2
Question In a mature forest ecosystem, large
trees grow at a _____ rate.
Check Your Answer
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Ecosystems for 2
Answer Slow
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Ecosystem for 3
Question What are multiple values of forests?
(4)
Check Your Answer
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Ecosystems for 3
Answer Timber, wildlife, recreation, and water.
Back to the Game Board
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Ecosystems for 4
Question Some ecosystems are _____ while others
are ________.
Check Your Answer
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Ecosystems for 4
Answer simple complex
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Ecosystems for 5
Question The more _____ an ecosystem the more
resistant it is to disease.
Check Your Answer
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Ecosystems for 5
Answer complex
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Concepts for 1
Question ______ in the form of sunlight is
captured by green plants.
Check Your Answer
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Concepts for 1
Answer Energy
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Concepts for 2
Question ______ and ______ are decomposers.
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Concepts for 2
Answer Fungi and Bacteria
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Concepts for 3
Question When a tree dies an another takes its
place, this is called _________.
Check Your Answer
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Concepts for 3
Answer succession
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Concepts for 4
Question A mature forest is said to be at its
________.

Check Your Answer
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Concepts for 4
Answer Climax
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Concepts for 5

Question _______ is the various layers that one
can observe in a forest.
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Concepts for 5
Answer Stratification
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Management for 1
Question What is it called when a forested area
is completely harvested?

Check Your Answer
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Management for 1
Answer Clear-cutting
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Management for 2
Question The US Forest Services ecosystem
management policy is to reduce clear-cutting by
______ percent.

Check Your Answer
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Management for 2
Answer 70
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Management for 3
Question What is the basis for new directions
in forest management?
Check Your Answer
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Management for 3
Answer Ecosystem management
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management for 4
Question What are the beneficial influences of
forest and trees to ecosystems? (2)
Check Your Answer
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Management for 4
Answer provides animal habitats and prevents
erosion
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Management for 5
Question How much timberland is in the U.S.?
(acres)
Check Your Answer
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Management for 5
Answer 490 million acres
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Misc. for 1
Question _______ is the art and science of
managing forests.
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Misc. for 1
Answer Forestry
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Misc. for 2
Question _______ trees loose their leaves.
Check Your Answer
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Misc. for 2
Answer Deciduous
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Misc. for 3

Question _______ is an example of a deciduous
tree.
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Misc. for 3
Answer Any hardwood tree
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Misc. for 4
Question Conifer trees never loose their
________.

Check Your Answer
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Misc. for 4
Answer leaves or needles
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Misc. for 5

Question Pine trees are examples of ________
trees.
Check Your Answer
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Misc. for 5
Answer Coniferous
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Forestry for 1

Question ______ is another word for plywood.
Check Your Answer
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Forestry for 1
Answer Veneer
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Forestry for 2
Question What is a single- use forest?
Check Your Answer
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Forestry for 2
Answer A forest managed for only one purpose.
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Forestry for 3
Question What are pilings?

Check Your Answer
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Forestry for 3
Answer Round timber
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Forestry for 4

Question What is Urban Forestry?
Check Your Answer
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Forestry for 4
Answer Cultivation and management of trees in
city-type settings.
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Forestry for 5
Question What is a multi-use forest?
Check Your Answer
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Forestry for 5
Answer A forest managed for more than one
purpose.
Back to the Game Board
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Customizing the Quiz Show Template The Blank Quiz
Show Review is ready for you to customize. This
presentation is designed to be a review for a
unit. You make up the categories, questions and
answers, then show the review to your class using
a scan converter or projector. All the hyperlinks
connecting the points on slide two to the correct
questions have already been created. Once you
have created one review, you can give the blank
PowerPoint show and these directions to students
and assign them to create the next review.
Students, in groups of five, can make up 5
questions each one for each category, or each in
charge of a category of their own. 1.
Double-click on the quiz show template file
Blank Quiz Show Review to open it. 2. Click on
File and Save As to give the quiz show template a
new file name. This way you can save the blank
copy to use again. 3. Change the view to Slide
Sorter from the View Menu. 4. From the Edit
menu, choose Replace. In the first line of the
box that appears, type Topic 1, then tab to the
second line. Type in your first category name.
Click on the Replace All button. You should get
a message that 11 changes were made, and you
should be able to see the changes in the
slides. 5. Repeat this process to change all
your general topics to your specific topic
names. When you are finished, switch back to
Slide View from the View Menu. 6. Go to Slide 3
by clicking on the double down-arrow at the
bottom of the vertical scroll bar. 7. Click
after the colon in the text box reading
"Question" to type in your first question. 8.
Go to Slide 4. Click after the colon in the text
box reading "Answer" to type in the answer to
your first question. 9. Repeat with all slides
in the quiz show presentation. Don't forget to
save your work every few minutes by clicking on
the third icon on the top toolbar (looks like a
floppy disk). 10. Showing the presentation
Open the new document in PowerPoint. From the
View menu, choose Slide Show. To link to the
questions from slide 2, move the mouse over a
number so that a hand appears. Click on the
number. You must do the same to go back to the
gameboard on each answer slide. DO NOT click on
the slide just ANYWHERE. That will take you to
the next slide instead of back to the gameboard.
Make sure ONLY to click when you see the hand
indicating a hyperlink. Click Here to go to First
Slide
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• Suggested instructions for playing the game with
  a class
• 1.      Project the game onto a large screen or
  use a large computer monitor at the front of the
  class.
• 2.      Divide the class into teams of up to four
  players. Have any other students count off 1 to
  4 and sit in the audience.
• 3.      Provide each team with a flashlight,
  whistle, or other means of "buzzing-in" to
  indicate they know the answer.
• 4.      Appoint a scorekeeper.
• 5.      Appoint a reader to read each question to
  the group.
• 6.      The teacher or a student can act as
  moderator.
• 7.      Let the first team select a category.
• 8.      Once the question pops up, the first team
  to "buzz-in" gets to try to answer the question.
  
• 9.      Add or deduct the number of points
  corresponding to the number they selected under
  the category.
• 10.    If the first team misses, the remaining
  teams can buzz-in and answer the question.
• 11.    If no team knows the answer, the audience
  is given the opportunity to answer. The first
  person to raise his or her hand and answer
  correctly receives the points for the team that
  corresponds to their number.
• 12.    Go back to the game board and let the team
  who answered correctly select the next category
  and point value.
• This power point may include a slide with a list
  of terms the teacher may wish to print out to
  assist the students during the game.
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