Unit 4 Pt 3 Land Quiz

An area with at least 2,500 people that has a governing body

• Wilderness area

• Urban area

• Infrastructure

• Urban sprawl

The rapid expansion of a city into the surrounding countryside

• Urban crisis

• Deforestation

• Urban sprawl

• Overgrazing

The result of cities growing so rapidly that they cannot provide services for all of their citizens

• Urban sprawl

• Infrastructure

• Ecosystem services

• Urban crisis

Structures such as roads, schools, and power lines built by cities for public use are called

• Deforestation

• Infrastructure

• Selective cutting

• Geographic information system

A land-use planning tool

• Selective cutting tool

• Ecosystem services

• Geographic information system

• Wilderness area

Clearing trees without replacing them

• Clearcutting

• Deforestation

• Overgrazing

• Infrastructure

Method of harvesting trees in which only certain trees are removed

• Deforestation

• Clear cutting

• Selective cutting

• Overgrazing

Excessive use of a grazing area

• Overgrazing

• Clear cutting

• Urban sprawl

• Deforestation

Resources provided by natural or artificial ecosystems

• Overgrazing

• Ecosystem services

• Geographic information system

• Infrastructure

Area where the land and its ecosystems are protected from exploitation

• Urban crisis

• Wilderness area

• Urban area

• Urban sprawl