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Worksheets2.2 review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The area inside the city is called (a) .
Choose from the below words
urban
suburban
rural
2.
Which of these is false when it comes to industrialization.
a)
Less farmers are needed because the cities are growing.
b)
Transportation becomes easier.
c)
There are more jobs in the cities.
d)
The climate is not affected.
3.
Based on the graph, which area is the coolest temperature? (a)
Choose from the below words
downtown
rural
suburban residential
park
4.
How are humans affected by poisoning of the river?
a)
All their crops die
b)
Acid rain
c)
Production of CO2 (carbon dioxide)
d)
Humans may be poisoned by eating fish or drinking the water
5.
What is urbanization?
a)
when cities can't get enough water
b)
movement of population from rural areas to cities
c)
cities are often warmer than surrounding areas
d)
when topsoil is eroded away and nothing will grow
6.
What does urbanization require and produce?
a)
requires money and produces crops
b)
requires ore and produces food
c)
requires heat and produces infrastructure
d)
requires water and produces pollutants
7.
What is infrastructure?
a)
private enterprise
b)
cutting down of forests
c)
the basic facilities of a country or region, such as roads, sewers, and hospitals
d)
a situation in which population grows so fast that conditions deteriorate
8.
What is "urban crisis"?
a)
When more people live in a city than its infrastructure can support, the living conditions deteriorate
b)
cities are often warmer than surrounding areas because buildings and paved surfaces retain more heat than plants and trees
c)
dust storms caused by removing native plants and plowing the ground so the topsoil dries out and blows away
d)
loss of variety in animal and plants in an area
9.
What is a "heat island"?
a)
an island in a river or lake that produces heat
b)
an area in which the air temperature is generally higher than the temperature of surrounding rural areas
c)
when the leftovers or "tailings" from mining are piled up in a river
d)
an oasis
10.
What are some bad things attributed to population growth?
a)
autism & genetic diseases
b)
religious conflict
c)
low wages & unemployment
d)
burning fossil fuels & increased CO2 production
11.
What is deforestation?
a)
throwing someone out of a window
b)
selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy
c)
allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support
d)
cutting and removal of rainforest
12.
What are impacts of overgrazing?
a)
pollution and use of more resources
b)
loss of biodiversity, loss of native topsoil, desertification
c)
more people than the infrastructure can support
d)
creation of heat islands
13.
What are some reasons deforestation occurs?
a)
clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining
b)
just wanting to destroy things
c)
Population moving from rural areas to cities
d)
to make room for infrastructure
14.
What are some consequences of deforestation?
a)
increased population in cities
b)
building of more infrastructure
c)
soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, loss of ability to remove CO2
d)
more mercury and cyanide released into rivers
15.
Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?
a)
use
of natural enemies to eliminate insect pests
b)
development
of wildlife refuges
c)
governmental
restriction of industrial pollution
d)
increased use of fossil fuels
16.
How has human use of the lithosphere changed over the years?
a)
We have gone from a more urban to a more rural population
b)
We have gone from a more rural to a more urban population
c)
We have gone from tunnel mining to strip mining
d)
We ahve gone from grazing cattle to growing crops
17.
The San Andreas fault is an example of which type of fault? (a)
Choose from the below words
divergent
continental-continental convergent
transform fault
oceanic-continental convergent
18.
Seismic waves that cannot travel through a liquid are (a)
Choose from the below words
P waves
S waves
surface waves
19.
Seismic waves that travel the fastest are (a)
Choose from the below words
P waves
S waves
surface waves
20.
What is the process of breaking down rocks or other material into smaller pieces? (a)
Choose from the below words
erosion
weathering
compaction
cementation
21.
What type of rock is this?
a)
Igneous
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Metamorphic
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