Environmental Science Chapter 10 Review

How did the Industrial Revolution affect the cities?

• Made the crime rate decrease
• Led to an increase in farm workers
• Make the cities cleaner and safer
• Led to an increase in population in the cities

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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...

• Urbanization
• Inflation
• Urban Center
• Influence

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The area inside the city is called ______.

• urban
• suburban
• rural

Hendersonville has 1,885 people per square mile. Is it considered urban?

• Yes because it has less than 2500 people.

• No because it has less than 2500 people.

• As long as an area has lots of concrete, it is considered urban.

• The number of people doesn't determine if an area is urban.

Cities become known as _____________ because they heat up and cool down faster than their surrounding areas.

• hot spots
• heated lands
• heat islands
• hot islands

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

• downtown
• rural
• suburban residential
• park

The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, sanitation, and education form a country’s

• urbanization.

• infrastructure.

• industrialization.

• urban geography.

Urban sprawl

• is when cities spread out using up surrounding land.

• puts a strain on existing infrastructures.

• creates an increase in pollution.

• all of these.

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A poorly planned development that spreads a city’s population over a wider and wider geographic area is

• industrialization

• urban sprawl

• urbanization

• metropolitan area

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Urban land use does not typically include...

• farming

• residential

• industrial

• commercial