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WorksheetsChapter 10 Vocabulary
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.
a)
Clear-cutting
b)
Selective cutting
c)
prescribed burn
d)
tree plantations
2.
A fire deliberately set under controlled conditions in order to reduce the accumulation of dead biomass on a forest floor.
a)
Clear-cutting
b)
Selective cutting
c)
prescribed burn
d)
tree plantations
3.
The method of harvesting trees that involves the -removal of single trees or a relatively small number of trees from among many in a forest.
a)
Clear-cutting
b)
Selective cutting
c)
prescribed burn
d)
tree plantations
4.
An approach to removing trees from forests in ways that do not unduly affect the viability of other trees.
a)
Ecologically sustainable forestry
b)
Selective cutting
c)
clear-cutting
d)
prescribe burn
5.
An area set aside with the intent of -preserving a large tract of intact ecosystem or a landscape.
a)
National wilderness areas
b)
National wildlife refuges
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
6.
A federal public land managed for the primary purpose of protecting wildlife.
a)
National wilderness areas
b)
National wildlife refuges
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
7.
A dry open grassland.
a)
National wilderness areas
b)
National wildlife refuges
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
8.
A large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree species.
a)
Tree plantations
b)
multiple-use lands
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
9.
A U.S. classification used to -designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction.
a)
Tree plantations
b)
multiple-use lands
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
10.
Land dominated by trees and other woody -vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging.
a)
National wilderness areas
b)
National wildlife refuges
c)
Rangelands
d)
Forests
11.
A principle that grants government the power to acquire a property at fair market value even if the owner does not wish to sell it.
a)
Eminent domain
b)
induced demand
c)
externality
d)
stakeholders
12.
The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service.
a)
Eminent domain
b)
induced demand
c)
externality
d)
stakeholders
13.
The phenomenon in which an -increase in the -supply of a good causes demand to grow.
a)
Eminent domain
b)
induced demand
c)
externality
d)
stakeholders
14.
A person or organization with an interest in a particular place or issue.
a)
Eminent domain
b)
induced demand
c)
externality
d)
stakeholders
15.
A zoning classification that allows retail and high-density residential development to coexist in the same area.
a)
zoning
b)
multi-use zoning
c)
urban growth boundaries
d)
smart growth
16.
A restriction on development outside a designated area.
a)
zoning
b)
multi-use zoning
c)
urban growth boundaries
d)
smart growth
17.
A planning tool used to separate industry and business from residential neighborhoods.
a)
zoning
b)
multi-use zoning
c)
urban growth boundaries
d)
smart growth
18.
A set of principles for community planning that focuses on strategies to encourage the development of sustainable, healthy communities.
a)
zoning
b)
multi-use zoning
c)
urban growth boundaries
d)
smart growth
19.
An area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a -comparatively low population density.
a)
Suburban
b)
exurban
c)
Urban
d)
Urban sprawl
20.
Urbanized areas that spread into rural areas, removing clear boundaries between the two.
a)
Suburban
b)
exurban
c)
Urban
d)
Urban sprawl
21.
The degradation of the built and social environments of the city that often accompanies and accelerates migration to the suburbs.
a)
Suburban
b)
exurban
c)
Urban blight
d)
Urban sprawl
22.
An area similar to a suburb, but unconnected to any central city or densely populated area.
a)
Suburban
b)
exurban
c)
Urban
d)
infill
23.
Development that fills in vacant lots within existing -communities.
a)
Suburban
b)
exurban
c)
Urban
d)
infill
24.
A document outlining the scope and purpose of a development project, describing the environmental context, suggesting alternative approaches to the project, and analyzing the environmental impact of each alternative.
a)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
b)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
c)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
d)
Transit-oriented develpoment (TOD)
25.
The maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource.
a)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
b)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
c)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
d)
Transit-oriented develpoment (TOD)
26.
A 1969 U.S. federal act that mandates an environmental assessment of all projects involving federal money or federal permits.
a)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
b)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
c)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
d)
Transit-oriented development (TOD)
27.
Development that attempts to focus dense residential and retail development around stops for public transportation, a component of smart growth.
a)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
b)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
c)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
d)
Transit-oriented development (TOD)
28.
A plan that outlines how a developer will address concerns raised by a project's impact on the environment.
a)
Highway Trust Fund
b)
Environmental mitigation plan
c)
resource conservation ethic
d)
sense of place
29.
A U.S. federal fund that pays for the -construction and maintenance of roads and highways.
a)
Highway Trust Fund
b)
Environmental mitigation plan
c)
resource conservation ethic
d)
sense of place
30.
The belief that people should -maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone.
a)
Highway Trust Fund
b)
Environmental mitigation plan
c)
resource conservation ethic
d)
sense of place
31.
The feeling that an area has a distinct and meaningful character.
a)
Highway Trust Fund
b)
Environmental mitigation plan
c)
resource conservation ethic
d)
sense of place
32.
A person or organization with an interest in a particular place or issue.
a)
stakeholders
b)
subsidized mortgages
c)
Tragedy of the commons
33.
The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain.
a)
stakeholders
b)
subsidized mortgages
c)
Tragedy of the commons
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