Environmental Science Chapter 14 Test

Which of the following is true of parks and preserves?

• They are not affected by air and water

  pollution.

  
  

  
  

• They provide recreation for people.

• They serve as sources of wood for

  industries.

• They provide limited hunting of

  designated wildlife.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

opposite of clear-cutting and selective cutting

• Reforestation

• deforestation

• over grazing

• ecosystem services

area protected from exploitation

• open space

• wilderness

• urban setting

• rural setting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

urban crisis

• movement of people from rural areas to cities

• substandard housing

• overgrazing

• low population density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Each U.S. resident uses the ecosystem services provided by roughly_____ hectare of land

• 1

• 6

• 8

• 12

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Heat islands can affect local

• 
  

  water levels.

  
  

• traffic patterns.

• harvest patterns.

• weather patterns.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

area with more than 2,500 people and a governing body

• urban

• rural

• wilderness

• rangeland

bridges, roads, and other types of public service structures

• ecosystem service

• infrastructure

• substandard housing

• none of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

resources produced by natural and artificial ecosystems

• ecosystem service

• rangeland

• open space

• green space

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

developers, environmentalists, citizens, business people, and public officials

• urbanization

• open space

• land-use planning

• agro-business

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5