EEn.2.2 Review (Human Impact on Lithosphere)

The area inside the city is called ______.

• urban
• suburban
• rural

Which of these is false when it comes to industrialization.

• Less farmers are needed because the cities are growing.
• Transportation becomes easier.
• There are more jobs in the cities.
• The climate is not affected.

Based on the graph, which area is the coolest temperature?

• downtown
• rural
• suburban residential
• park

How are humans affected by poisoning of the river?

• All their crops die
• Acid rain
• Production of CO2 (carbon dioxide)
• Humans may be poisoned by eating fish or drinking the water

What is urbanization?

• when cities can't get enough water
• movement of population from rural areas to cities
• cities are often warmer than surrounding areas
• when topsoil is eroded away and nothing will grow

What does urbanization require and produce?

• requires money and produces crops
• requires ore and produces food
• requires heat and produces infrastructure
• requires water and produces pollutants

What is infrastructure?

• private enterprise
• cutting down of forests
• the basic facilities of a country or region, such as roads, sewers, and hospitals
• a situation in which population grows so fast that conditions deteriorate

What is "urban crisis"?

• When more people live in a city than its infrastructure can support, the living conditions deteriorate
• cities are often warmer than surrounding areas because buildings and paved surfaces retain more heat than plants and trees
• dust storms caused by removing native plants and plowing the ground so the topsoil dries out and blows away
• loss of variety in animal and plants in an area

What is a "heat island"?

• an island in a river or lake that produces heat
• an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
• when the leftovers or "tailings" from mining are piled up in a river
• an oasis

What are some bad things attributed to population growth?

• autism & genetic diseases
• religious conflict
• low wages & unemployment
• burning fossil fuels & increased CO2 production