Chapter 8 Environmental Book

Area with at least 5000 people per square mile

• town

• urban area

• major city

• suburban spawl

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

• reclamination

• urban crisis

• urban area

• city

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

rapid growth at the edge of cities

• communities

• cities

• suburban spawl

• urban crisis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

structures such as roads, schools, and power lines built for public use

• infrastructure

• reclamation

• crisis

• sprawl

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

determing in advance where people will live, where businesses will be located, and where open spaces will be protected

• urban crisis

• land used planning

• infrastructure

• selective cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

clearing trees without replacing them

• selective cutting

• deforestation

• suburban spawl

• urban cities

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

method of harvesting trees in which only the mature trees are removed

• urban area

• selective cutting

• deforestation

• wilderness area

allowing so many domestic animals to use rangeland(fields/pastures) that it cannot renew itself

• wilderness area

• overgrazing

• urban area

• selective cutting

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

restoring land that has been mined

• reclamation

• infrastructure

• urban area

• parks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

area where the land and its ecosystem are protected

• reclamation

• wilderness area

• overgrazing

• urban crisis