Question

Controlled burning, or prescribed burns, can be used as a management tool for forests. Natural occurring fires as well as controlled burns clear out underbrush to help prevent Review the choices below. All BUT ONE describes an advantages of controlled burning in a forest.
A) Periodic forest fires help to recycle nutrients back into the soil.

B) Periodic forest fires help to clear away old brush to help prevent future megafires.

C) After a fire, second-growth forests can look very different from the forest that they replaced.

D) Some trees, like pine species and eucalyptus, are fire dependent and only seed after a fire event.

Answer 1

Answer:

C

Explanation:

Ash from the fire helps restore nutrients

Fires clear out the brush along the ground level before they reach the trees, hence clearing the way to prevent larger fires

Eucalyptus and pine only feed after a fire event when the soil is rich

Therefore the odd one out is C