Understanding Rangelands: A Comprehensive IQ Test on Rangeland Principles
Test your knowledge about rangelands through this IQ challenge covering essential concepts such as the definition of rangeland, its global distribution, state-specific data, and more. Explore key questions on rangelands' significance, distribution, and characteristics based on real-world statistics and facts.
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Test your Range IQ RANGELAND PRINCIPLES (REM 151) Photos by K. Launchbaugh
Question 1 What is rangeland? A. Series of mountains. B. Cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners. C. Place where shooting or golf driving is practiced. D. The region throughout which a kind of organism or ecological community naturally lives or occurs. E. All land in the world that is not cultivated farmland, dense forest, barren desert, or covered by solid rock, concrete.
Question 2 How much rangeland is there? How much of the earth s land surface is rangeland? A. 10 to 20% B. 25 to 35 % C. 40 to 50% D. 65 to 75%
Question 2 How much rangeland is there? How much of the earth s surface is rangeland? 47% = Rangeland 25% = Dense Forest 10% = Cropland 3% = Urban 15% = Ice, rock, and barren desert
Question 3 How much rangeland is there? 47% of the EARTH is rangeland 36% of the US is rangeland 53% of Western States is rangeland ____of the Idaho is rangeland 48%
Question 3 Rangelands of Idaho Grassland* Shrubland* Forest Crop Water Developed Rock Ice/Snow *Rangelands in Idaho are Grasslands and Shrublands
Question 4 Which state has the highest % of is land classified as rangeland? Wyoming Texas Nevada Montana
Question 4 Which state has the highest % of is land classified as rangeland? Wyoming 75% Texas 54% Nevada 80% Montana 57%
Question 5 Which continent has the greatest % of land classified as rangeland? A. Africa B. South America C. Australia D. Asia
Question 5 Which continent has the greatest % of land classified as rangeland? Australia ... nearly all of Australia is rangelands
Question 6 What is the average annual precipitation of most rangeland? A. Less than 6 inches B. 6 to 28 inches C. 28 to 48 inches D. More than 48 inches www.nps.gov
Question 6 What is the average annual precipitation of most rangeland? 6 to 28 inches
Question 7 What is rangeland management? A. Managing land mostly for livestock forage and production. B. Careful use and management of rangeland resources to meet the needs and desires of society. C. Careful management of to preserve wildlife habitat. D. Management of driving ranges on golf courses. K. Launchbaugh
Question 7 What is rangeland management? B. Careful use and management of rangeland resources to meet the needs and desires of society.
Question 8 Is the ecological condition of U.S. public rangeland better or worse than 50 years ago? A. Significantly works B. About the same C. Notably better D. Greatly improved
Question 8 Is ecological condition of rangelands better or worse than 50 years ago? A. Significantly works B. About the same C. Notably better D. Greatly improved Twiceas much land in Good condition. Half as much land in Poor Condition.