What is Range?

What is Range?A. A series of mountains.

B. A cooking stove that has an oven and a flat top with burners.

C. A 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.

All of the above

Question 1

How much rangeland is there?How much of the earth’s 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 2

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 rangeland48%

Question 3

Rangelands of Idaho

Grassland*

Shrubland*

Forest

Crop

Water

Developed

Rock

Ice/Snow

*Rangelands in Idaho are Grasslands and Shrublands

Question 3

Which state has the highest % of is land classified as rangeland?

Wyoming

MontanaNevada

Texas

Question 4

Which state has the highest % of is land classified as rangeland?

Wyoming

75%

Montana

57%

Nevada

80%

Texas

54%

Question 4

What is the average annual precipitation of most rangeland?A. Less than 8 inches

B. 8 to 28 inches

C. 28 to 48 inches

D. More than 48 inches

Question 5

What is the average annual precipitation of most rangeland?

Question 5

8 to 28 inches

Which continent greatest of land classified as rangeland?

Australia ... nearly all of Australia is rangelands

Question 6

What % of wild mammal in U.S. call rangelands home?A. 0 to 25%

B. 25 to 50%

C. 50 to 75%

D. 75 to 100%

Question 7

J. Peterson

fs.usda.gov

Rangeland Animals

Rangelands provide habitat for countless mammals, birds, amphibians, fishes, and insects.

Of the total number of animal species found in the United States. 84% of the mammals, 74% of the birds, 58% of the amphibians and 38% of the fishes are represented in

rangeland ecosystems.

Question 7

J. Peterson

fs.usda.gov

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.

Question 8

What is rangeland management?

Careful use and management of rangeland resources to meet the needs and desires of society.

B.

Question 8

A. Significantly works

B. About the same

C. Notably better

D. Greatly improved

Question 9

Is ecological condition of rangelands better or worse than 50 years ago?

Is ecological condition of rangelands better or worse than 50 years ago?

significantly worse? about the same? notably better? greatly improved?

Question 9

Twice as much land in “Good” condition.

Half as much land in “Poor” Condition.

Rangeland Grazing by LivestockHow much of earth’s land area is grazed by

livestock?

A. 25%

B. 41%

C. 55%

D. 65%

Question 10

Photos by K. Launchbaugh

Rangeland Grazing by LivestockHow much of earth’s land area is grazed by

livestock?

A. 25%

B. 41%

C. 55%

D. 65%

Question 10

47% all rangeland + 5% or half of croplands+ 13% half of forests

Photos by K. Launchbaugh

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