EEn 2.2.1 Land Use

Which is a negative of mining?

• Increased chances for erosion
• Obtaining valuable resources
• Getting rich
• Making energy and electricity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

• Ruralization
• Urbanization
• Colonization
• None of these

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

• wind
• natural gas
• sunlight 
• fresh water

What creates heat islands in cities? 

• too much concrete
• too many trees
• people breathing
• urban crisis

what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 
• Housing market
• Agriculture and Farming
• Paper mill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is deforestation?

• throwing someone out of a window

• selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy

• allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support

• mass cutting and removal of trees

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are impacts of overgrazing?

• pollution and use of more resources
• loss of biodiversity, loss of native topsoil, desertification
• more people than the infrastructure can support
• creation of heat islands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are some consequences of deforestation?

• increased population in cities
• building of more infrastructure
• soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, loss of ability to remove CO2
• more mercury and cyanide released into rivers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This type of land use allows pesticides to get into our soil, which often end up in our water supply.

• Forestry

• Mining

• Agriculture

• Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A natural resource that can only be replaced only through geological, physical, and chemical processes that take millions of years.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource