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1. 1.

   Multiple Choice Questions:

   1. Large-scale lumbering is done for ____________.
      1. commercial purposes
      2. building bridges
      3. lighting fire
      4. for making furniture
   2. Conifers cover ____________ area of Canada.
      1. 69%
      2. 60%
      3. 6%
      4. 66%
   3. Debarking is:
      1. piling up logs for drying
      2. making wood chip using bark
      3. removing bark
      4. cutting pieces of wood
   4. Amazon rainforests have ____________ and  ____________ trees.
      1. spruce and birch
      2. mahogany and ebony
      3. mango and jackfruit
      4. banyan and sacred fig
   5. ____________ is not a resource for making paper.
      1. hemp
      2. linen leaves
      3. flax
      4. iron shavings
2. 2.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. Besides wood, paper can be made with ____________, ____________ and ____________.
   2. The coniferous tree belt extends from the Atlantic seaboard in the east to ____________ on the Pacific Coast.
   3. ____________ have been felled in Brazil to develop ____________.
   4. In order to conserve forests, the loggers need to ____________ specific trees only.
   5. Logging is ____________ in Canada than in Selvas, for the forest in the Amazon basin have thick undergrowth.
3. 3.

   Write True or False.

   1. Lumberjacks have temporary establishments near forest areas.
   2. Transporting logs in Canada is not easy.
   3. To maintain the forests' productivity, it is good to replenish topsoil.
   4. The sap of the coniferous trees is of no use.
   5. Many of the hardwood trees do not float on the water easily.
4. 4.

   Match the columns. 

   Column A	Column B
   a. Log jams	i. soft wood trees
   b. Cants	ii. coniferous forests
   c. Saw mills need	iii. in streams
   d. Cedar	iv. rectangular pieces
   e. Taiga region	v. 5 m long logs

    

5. 5.

   Unscramble the words underlined and rewrite the words.

   1. Couvervan is known for sawn wood.
   2. Foirnraset get heavy rainfall.
   3. Tancs are cut into rectangular pieces.
   4. Imasolg require careful effort for clearing.
   5. Laprop is a coniferous tree.
6. 6.

   Differentiate between Coniferous forests and Rainforest.