Land Use

What characteristics would the land use in the image have?

• No real open space, no agriculture, almost completely hard-surfaced by buildings and streets

• Mostly open space, agriculture and undeveloped land, relatively few people compared to the area

• All agriculture, coral reefs, dense cities, unicorn farms

• A fair amount of open space, lots of housing, limited commercial, little to no industrial

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

What features characterise this landscape?

• Dense housing and commercial spaces, little open, undeveloped area

• Moderate housing (mostly single family), numerous parks and recreation areas, some commercial, limited agriculture

• Forests and undeveloped areas, owned by the federal government, leased for grazing and mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Removal of all marketable trees from an area.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Environmental causes of land degradation include...

• poverty, urban sprawl, deforestation
• deforestation, bio-industries, poverty
• overgrazing, deforestation, agriculture
• agriculture, urban sprawl, poverty

The clearing of a forest and its replacement by another land use is called

• forestry

• clear-cutting

• timber harvesting

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A large area of cropland seeded with one crop is a(n)

• monocultre

• polyculture

• organic practice

• traditional farming technique

Which major category of water use would include watering grain to feed to livestock?

• personal

• agricultural

• industrial

• electrical

Why is responsible waste management an important issue?

• waste management illustrates whether or not people are recycling as much as they should be
• No matter where garbage is placed, it will damage the environment , so disposal and storage must be planned
• Irresponsible waste management leads to an increase in deforestation
• Burning garbage causes air pollution, so it is better to bury garbage where we cannot see it

What is risk of GMOs?

• Radioactive
• Food that taste too good
• throw an ecosystem off balance
• produce too much food

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6