Chapter 10: Urbanization

Mostly developed land

covered mainly with

buildings and roads that has

a human population of 2500

or more

• Rural

• Urban

• Rangeland

• Farmland

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The shift of population from

the countryside to urban

areas

• Heat Island

• Rural land use

• Urbanization

• Suburbanization

The facilities, services, and

installations necessary for the

functioning of a community

• infrastructure

• city planner

• urban sprawl

An area in which the

temperature is several

degrees higher than that of

the surrounding area

• Hotspot

• City

• Heat Island

In which of the following categories of land cover would you most likely expect

to find the highest human population?

• Rural Area

• Urban Area

• Suburban Area

• Heat Island

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Cities and suburbs are examples of what?

• neighborhoods

• rangeland

• urban areas

• rural areas

The spread of low-density

urban or suburban

development outward from

an urban center

• sprawl

• city expansion

• hotspot

• underdevelopement

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

The practice of classifying

areas for different types of

development and land use

• zoning

• planning

• sprawl

A philosophy of urban growth

that focuses on economic and

environmental approaches that

lead to sustainable growth and

the avoidance of sprawl

• sustainable development
• urbanization
• urban planning
• smart growth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A computerized system for

storing, manipulating, and

viewing geographic data

• Geospatial Data System (GDS)
• GPS

• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Topographic Mapping System (TMS)