apes unit 5 extra

What term is used to describe the poorly planned spread of cities and suburbs?

• Urban fringe

• Metropolitan area

• Urban sprawl

• Rural fringe

What is the area called that lies at the edge of a city and is often characterized by the development of suburbs?

• Urban core

• Urban fringe

• Rural fringe

• Suburbs

What is one of the benefits of urban growth?

• It decreases the amount of traffic jams.

• It reduces pollution.

• It creates jobs for construction workers.

• It lowers the taxes for homeowners.

What does ecological footprint measure?

• How quantity of natural resources humans need compared to the earth's capacity to provide those resources

• The size of cities across the world

• The amount of fossil fuels that are burned for energy

• The shoe size of the average human

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What kinds of resources make up your ecological footprint?

• waste production

• water and energy use

• food and shelter

• clothing and transportation

• All of the above

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Which of the following is NOT helpful for reaching sustainability?

• using water efficiently

• Conserving energy

• Promoting renewable energy

• Using many fossil fuels

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The spread of suburban development outward from an urban city center is called:

• zoning

• sprawl

• rangeland

Areas where the temperature is higher due to pavement absorbing heat from the sun are called ______________________.

• suburbs

• rural areas

• heat islands

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The major reason people moved to the cites during the Industrial Revolution was due to the creation of _________________ that created jobs.

• zoning

• factories

• rangeland

Based on the diagrams above, which of the following best explains how urban runoff could be decreased?

• Decrease the number of trees in urban areas to increase ground infiltration.

• Increase the number of trees to decrease the amount of evapotranspiration.

• Replace traditional pavement with more porous pavement to increase ground infiltration.

• Replace more porous pavement with traditional pavement to decrease the amount of evapotranspiration.

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