LAND

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

Removal of all marketable trees from an area.

• Selective Cutting
• Controlled Burn 
• Thinning
• Clear Cutting

What long-term impact could the destruction of large areas of forests have on Earth?

• decreased rates of erosion
• increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
• decreased amounts of acid rain
• increased atmospheric oxygen levels

Which of these statements 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.

Which regulation requires miners to clean up after themselves?

• General Mining Act of 1872
• Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
• Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act

The gradual wearing down of soil, rocks, etc. by wind, water, air, and natural events is known as

• Weathering

• Gravity

• Erosion

• Gravity

When human activity and natural process damage land to the point it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• Urbanization

• Erosion

• Land Degradation

• Deforestation

Land that is kept untouched but is used for hiking and other leisure activities

• Transport land

• Agricultural Land

• Residential Land

• Recreational Land

Land used for business and/or use of natural resources is called

• Residential Land

• Transport Land

• Commercial Land

• Agricultural Land

Urban Sprawl is

• large network of roads and train tracks that connect urban and rural areas across the country

• process by which land becomes more desert-like and unable to support life

• replacing forests, fields, and grasslands with houses, roads, schools and shopping area.

• the process by which human activity and natural process damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.