DENDROLOGY

FOREST ECOLOGY

FOREST MANAGEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is prescribed burning?
A
When a medicine I take makes my skin burn.
B
Burning down everything in a place because they are going to put brand new stuff there.
C
Something the firefighters do.
D
Doing a controlled burn in a certain area to clean the forest floor and help the trees to growth.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Controlled burning, also known as prescribed burning, involves setting planned fires to maintain the health of a forest. These burns are scheduled for a time when the fire will not pose a threat to the public or to fire managers.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are many variations to the incineration process, but these unit operations are common to most facilities. This chapter addresses the combustion and air-pollution control operations commonly used in municipal solid-waste, hazardous-waste, and medical-waste incineration facilities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Combustion is the controlled burning of substances in an enclosed area, as a means of treating and disposing of hazardous waste. There are two categories of combustion units for solid and liquid hazardous wastes: Incinerators-used primarily for waste destruction.

Detailed explanation-4: -wildfire, also called wildland fire, uncontrolled fire in a forest, grassland, brushland, or land sown to crops.

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