impact on land

Urbanization is

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

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

• the growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

This image is an example of what type of land degradation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urban Sprawl

• Urbanization

As the human population increases, the consumption of natural resources ___________

• increases

• decreases

• doesn't change

The natural resources are ___________

• food

• land

• water

• all is correct

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

• Ruralization
• Urbanization
• Colonization
• None of these

the impact of urbanization is ____________

• earthquake

• flood

• drought

it's so easy to select an area to build a landfill.

• true

• false

The hazard wastes can be placed in the landfill. and say why?

• true

• false

deforestation causes _____________ the amount of carbon dioxide gas in air

• increasing

• decreasing

• fixing

trees remove carbon dioxide gas from air during_________ process

• breathing

• photosynthesis

• transpiration