Land Use

The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted if it is not regulated in some way.

• Externality

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Multiple-use lands

• Resource conservation ethic

• Tragedy of the commons

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service or otherwise accounted for.

• Externality

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Multiple-use lands

• Resource conservation ethic

• Tragedy of the commons

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource.

• Externality

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Multiple-use lands

• Resource conservation ethic

• Tragedy of the commons

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The belief that people should maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone.

• Externality

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Multiple-use lands

• Resource conservation ethic

• Tragedy of the commons

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

U.S. classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction.

• Externality

• Maximum sustainable yield (MSY)

• Multiple-use lands

• Resource conservation ethic

• Tragedy of the commons

A dry open grassland primarily used for grazing cattle.

• Rangeland

• Forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.

• Clear-cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Ecologically sustainable forestry

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

An approach to removing trees from forests in ways that do not unduly affect the viability of other noncommercial tree species.

• Clear-cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Ecologically sustainable forestry

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The method of harvesting trees that involves the removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from the larger forest.

• Clear-cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Ecologically sustainable forestry

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

A large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree species.

• Forest

• Tree Plantation