Module II Quiz 2 Module II Quiz 2 Quiz Description: The following self-test quiz is designed to check your understanding of important learning concepts for this module. The quiz contains 12 multiple choice questions. There is no time limit for you to take the quiz and you may attempt to take it as many times as you like. After you click the Submit button, you will see your Grade, number of Correct Answers, your answers, and the Answer Key for each question. Quiz Instructions: While you are taking the quiz, we advise you not referring to any course materials. After you Submit your answers, you may self reflect the missing points, review relevant contents as necessary, and retake the quiz again until you get the full points. Ecological restoration*Is done to recover a damaged ecosystemCan be done via natural regeneration onlyCan't be used for timber productionShould be rotated every 200 yearsThe best strategy to conserve biodiversity during reforestation includes:*Protecting remnant patches of natural forestBuilding buffer zones around forest remnantsLinking remnant patches using reforestationAll of the aboveA large thorny hedge was built across which country in the 19th century?*BangladeshIndiaPakistanSyriaStepping stones:*Are a series of new forest patches established between the remnants of natural forestCan be aligned along rainfall gradientsAre corridors for fauna to move acrossAll of the aboveWhich of the following initiatives came up with the aspirational goal of restoring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands by 2020:*Rio+20Bonn ChallengeEarth SummitNone of the above"Gondwana Link" is*An underwater corridor between Australia and Papua New Guinea to improve connectivity between the two countriesA restoration project in Western Australia to link biodiversity hotspots of the regionA superfast express train in West India built with the help of the world’s leading NGOs to reduce pollution in the region and to improve biodiversityA large-scale project to identify fossil evidence of Jurassic period biodiversity links between Australia, India, South America and AntarcticaWhich of the following statements is correct?*Reforestation of cleared land causes a reduction in annual streamflowReforestation of cleared land causes an increase in water yieldYoung forest yields more water than old forest because the trees are smallerReforestation will prevent floods caused by severe storms"Kamikaze forestry" means:*A method used to fight salinity in the landscapeA land use system involving short cycles between farming and plantation forestryA method of producing both food and fuel from the same landAll of the aboveReforestation is:*Re-planting trees of the same species at the site within 50 years of deforestationRe-planting trees of the same species at sites deforesteted for more than 50 yearsRe-establishing trees of any species at sites within 50 years of deforestationThe act of re-establishing trees of any species at sites deforesteted for more than 50 yearsMonoculture forests:*Are used for timber production and for non-timber forest productsAre not harvested forestsHave complex structuresCan use one or several speciesNone of the aboveAll of the aboveWhich vegetation communities are best to reduce soil errosion?*Plantation forest with dense canopiesShrubby vegetationMixed-species plantings(a) and (b)(b) and (c)The Sloping Land Conversion Program*Is one of the world’s largest reforestation schemesUses monoculturesAims at preventing erosionIs in ChinaAll of the above(a), (c) and (d) Δ
