Necessary to support combustion and also affects wild fire behavior
a. Fuel
The process by which organic molecules are degraded into volatiles that support combustion
b. Pyrolysis
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Necessary to support combustion and also affects wild fire behavior - ANSWER-
a. Fuel
The process by which organic molecules are degraded into volatiles that support
combustion - ANSWER- b. Pyrolysis
A fire burning in litter and small understory vegetation would be considered -
ANSWER- Surface fire
_____ is a heat transfer by gas - ANSWER- Combustion
Typical after sunrise - ANSWER- Temperature increase, relative humidity
decrease and increased fire behavior
On terrain level as wind increases: - ANSWER- fire shape becomes more elliptical
and fire behavior increases
Compared to north aspects, south aspects: - ANSWER- South have lighter and
dryer fuels
As slope increase fire behavior
a. Will always increase
b. Will always decrease
c. Neither - ANSWER- C. neither, it depends on wind and weather or not it is going
up or down hill
Fire behavior would likely decrease as fuel particles ____________ increases -
ANSWER- packing ratio
, 10 hour time lag fuels are considered to a diameter that is - ANSWER- 1/4"-1"
Thick Bark would be an adaptation for a species living in an ________ regime -
ANSWER- Understory
Serotinous cones would be an adaptation for living in a ________fire regime -
ANSWER- Stand replacing
For an individual plant charrate-induces germination would be an adaptation to
a. Prevent
b. Recover
c. Neither a not b - ANSWER- C. Neither, presist
Rapid self-pruning would be an adaptation to - ANSWER- prevent fire damage
Allelopathy is an adaptation to - ANSWER- prevent fire damage
Which species has thick bark to prevent fire damage - ANSWER- Coulter pine
_____is one of the few species that is able to sprout from its stem and braches -
ANSWER- coast live oak and redwood
Which of the following be categorized as an adaptation to persist in a fire prone
environment
-Thick bark
-early self-pruning
-nether - ANSWER- Neither, seeding or sprouting
_____ almost exclusively regenerates in the western U.S. by sprouting -
ANSWER- quacking apsen
Fire scars most often arise from - ANSWER- Surface fires
A _____ will most likely have the longest lasting effects on a given ecosystem -
ANSWER- Low intensity ground fire
Seasonality of a fire is generally more important to ______ Plants - ANSWER-
Annual
On a given slope fire scars are most likely to be found ________ - ANSWER-
Facing up hill
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