Chapter 10 Review

The vegetation and manufactured structures that cover the land

• Land Cover

• Land Use

• Urban area

• Urbanization

The human activity that occurs on and is directly related to the land

• Land Cover

• Land Use

• Urban area

• Urbanization

Mostly developed land or a settlement with more than 2500 people

• Land Cover

• Land Use

• Urban area

• Urbanization

A population shift from living in the country to living in the cities

• Land Cover

• Land Use

• Urban area

• Urbanization

Undeveloped land or settlement of fewer than 2500 people

• Rural area

• Infrastructure

• Heat island

• Sprawl

The spread of low-density urban or suburban development outward from an urban center.

• Rural area

• Infrastructure

• Heat island

• Sprawl

The facilities, services and installations needed for a community to function

• Rural area

• Infrastructure

• Heat island

• Sprawl

An area in which the temperature generally is several degrees high than that of the surrounding area.

• Heat island

• Rural area

• Land Cover

• Land Use

Professionals who study and make predictions are called

• Stenographers

• Demographers

• Geologists

• Populists

Which of the following has not resulted from urban sprawl?

• suburbs

• overgrazing

• loss of farmland

• traffic congestion