Urbanization

What are the environmental pros of urbanization?

• Confine development to smaller area

• Better sanitation and mass transit

• High waste output and concentrated pollution

• Loss of natural habitats and increased scavenger populations

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What are the ecological cons of urbanization?

• Better sanitation and mass transit

• Increased wildlife roadkill and soil erosion

• Loss of natural habitats and increased scavenger populations

• Confine development to smaller area

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...

• Ruralization

• Urbanization

• Colonization

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

land used for houses, businesses, industry and roads

• rangeland

• farmland

• parks and preserves

• urban land

This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas

• urban sprawl

• metropolitan area

• rural fringe

• whooping cough

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How did the industrial revolution change cities?

• Increased farms

• Increased factories

• decreased use of fossil fuels

• increased rural populations

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How did the Industrial Revolution change rural life and contribute to the development of cities?

• Rural life and urban life both increased

• Rural and urban life both decreased

• rural life increased while urban life decreased

• urban life increased while rural life decreased

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community make up its:

• heat island

• infrastructure

• subrubs

• ecosystem services

what is shown in this picture?

• urban area

• heat island

• suburb

• rural area

The effects of urban areas on the environment are

• positive

• negative

• both positive and negative

• neither

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4