Land Use: Forestry, Mining, Urbanization, and Solid Waste

What is the term for the movement of people from rural areas to cities?

• land-use planning

• infrastructure

• urban sprawl

• urbanization

Which of the following is NOT an example of infrastructure?

• a railroad

• a school

• a telephone line

• a dairy farm

Salt is mined underground using what technique?

• longwall mining

• open-pit mining

• solution mining

• surface mining

Which of the following methods is NOT a subsurface mining method?

• quarrying

• solution mining

• longwall mining

• room-and-pillar mining

Unplanned, rapid urban growth can create what problem?

• degradation of the ecosystem

• elimination of unwanted vegetation

• infrastructure that can not adequately support the population

• rangeland damaged from overgrazing

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Gold, silver, and copper are example of

• nonmetallic minerals.

• metallic minerals.

• compounds.

• gangue minerals.

Which of the following is NOT an example of urbanization?

• A family moves from their Atlanta home to another in New York City.

• A farmer who can no longer afford to lease farmland moves to a city.

• A drop in timber prices in Oregon causes a lumberjack to lose his job and he moves to Portland.

• An Indian family moves to the city of Calcutta after a landslide destroys their village.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How can landfills contaminate the environment?

• Garbage takes a long time to decompose.

• It is a pain to have to locate new landfills and dig them.

• Leachate leakage contaminates water and can escape into the environment polluting soil and nearby water sources.

• Solid waste is ugly to look at so it causes eye pollution.

Which of the following is a likely result of deforestation?

• The amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere is reduced.

• Wind blows soil away because the plant cover has been removed.

• Water runs off the land more rapidly and causes floods.

• All of the above are likely results of deforestation.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process of returning land to its original or better condition after mining is completed is called

• dredging.

• levies.

• reclamation.

• subsidence.