Land Use

Those ecosystems in which less than one third of the area has vegetation or other cover, is the definition of:

• Tundra
• Barren Land
• Perennial Snow and Ice
• Rangeland 

Streams canals, lakes, reservoirs, bays, and estuaries are which type of land?

• Water 
• Seriously you don't know 
• Come on now
• Forest 

The following is a definition of a ___________.   A cold, treeless, usually lowland area of far northern regions. The lower strata of soil of tundras are permanently frozen, but in summer the top layer of soil thaws and can support low-growing mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs.

• Perennial Snow and Ice 
• Barren Land 
• Tundra 
• Rangeland 

A land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants, adapted to the unique hydric soil. a definition of ______________. 

• Forest 
• Wetland 
• Rangeland 
• Urban or Built up land 

A geographic area with a population of 2,500 or more. The number of people used in this definition may vary, with some countries setting the minimum number of people at 10,000 to 50,000 is the definition of ____________. 

• Urban or Built up land
• Rangeland 
• Forest 
• Wetland

Land devoted to agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life—particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops—to produce food for humans is the definition of _________. 

• Rangeland 
• Agricultural Land
• Forest 
• Tundra 

Land that supplies forage or vegetation (grasses, grass-like plants, shrubs) for grazing and browsing animals, and is not intensively managed is the definition of _________. 

• Rangeland 
• Forest 
• Barren Land 
• Wetland 

A large area covered with trees and undergrowth is the definition of _________________.

• Forest
• Barren Land 
• Rangeland 
• Urban or Built up land