Land use

Which of the following is not an environmental effect of deforestation?

• soil erosion

• re-establishment of trees

• loss of topsoil

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Which of the following has not resulted from urban sprawl?

• overgrazing

• traffic congestion

• suburbs

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Where do most Americans live?

• rural areas

• urban areas

• There is an equal distribution of people across the land

Which of the following is a side effect of heat islands?

• drought

• lower temperatures

• increased precipitation

Which of the following is an example of how people use land?

• grow crops

• building homes

• both of these are land uses

The U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as an area that contains more than

• 250 people

• 2500 people

• 25,000 people

Traffic jams, substandard housing, and polluted air and water can be caused by rapid growth in

cities, a phenomenon known as

• infrastructure

• urban crisis

• ruralization

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What can be done to sustain the productivity of rangeland?

• limit herd size

• introduce invasive plants

• both answers are correct

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An important environmental benefit of open spaces in cities includes

• improved air quality resulting from filtering of pollutants by plants.

• hotter humid summers due to evaporation of water from plant leaves.

• Contamination of water sources by runoff of soil and animal wastes.

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Deforestation is an especially serious problem in tropical rain forests because

• farmers must repeatedly clear additional forest area to obtain land that can support crops.

• they are located in developed countries with high per person consumption.

• the downed trees are left to rot , damaging the soil.

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