14.3 Exit Ticket

Land that is used to graze livestock and wildlife.

• rural land
• urban land
• rangeland
• crop land

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

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

What can be done to sustain the productivity of rangeland?

• limit herd size

• eliminate invasive plants

• leave the land unused for a time

• all of the above

What term refers to a region that is not cultivated and that is not inhabited by humans?

• wilderness

• rural

• infrastructure

• open space

Which of the following most effectively allows forests to recover from tree harvesting?

• cutting only medium-sized or mature trees

• cutting all of the trees and then replanting the area with seedlings

• allowing the forest to reseed itself

• cutting only young trees and then replacing them with seedlings

What is reforestation?

• removing all trees from an area

• removing selected trees from an area

• replanting trees in an area

• None of the above