Environmental Science

In cities, traffic jams, substandard housing, and pollution can be the result of

• urbanization

• urban sprawl

• land-use planning

• infrastructure

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What can be done to sustain the productivity of rangeland?

• limit herd size

• eliminate invasive plants

• practice rotational grazing

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Cities acting as heat islands can affect local

• weather patterns

• water levels

• traffic patterns

• harvest patterns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Deforestation can cause (2 answers)

• habitat loss

• improved climate regulation

• increased erosion

• urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Resources provided to both rural and urban dwellers by rural land are called

• deforestation

• mass transit systems

• urban sprawl

• ecosystem services

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Urban sprawl involves people moving from cities to land that was previously used for

• industry and open space

• food production and open space

• power lines

• housing

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which type of area listed below is protected from exploitation?

• farmland

• rangeland

• forestland

• wilderness

National parks and wilderness areas are the same thing.

• true

• false

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

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

• cutting only medium sized or mature trees and allowing smaller trees to continue to grow

• allowing the forest to reseed itself

• cutting only young trees and then replacing them with seedlings

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Building a mass transit system is likely to have which of the following effects? (2 answers)

• increasing air pollution

• reduction of fuel usage

• more traffic congestion

• land use for businesses/housing rather than parking/roads

• increasing the temperature of the urban heat island

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3