Urbanization and the Environment Review

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What is public transit?

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A network of buses, trains, and other vehicles used for moving passengers.

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What 2 factors contribute to an increase in sprawl?

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Population growth and per capita land

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What is NOT an environmental cost of urbanization? Options: storm water runoff, Industrial byproducts, vehicle congestion, More green energy

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More green energy

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Wal-Mart is opening in the small town of Vado, New Mexico. This is creating over 400 jobs in the area. Population is quickly increasing. This is an example of...

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Urbanization

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Based on the graph, which area is the coolest temperature? Options: downtown, rural, suburban residential, park

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rural

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Spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city

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Urban Sprawl

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Noise such as traffic and construction is considered...

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Pollution

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What did NOT lead to the increase in urbanization? Options: Population decrease, Population growth, Industrialization, Moving from farming to industry

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Population decrease

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What is Urban Sprawl?

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The rapid growth of an urban area, increasing development in urban areas

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Urban areas function as centers of: employment, education, health care, all of these

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all of these