Apes Land Use

Which of the following would be an environmental impact of high density animal farming?

• bad smells

• livestock can escape

• water pollution due to runoff

• improvement of feeding efficiency

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following methods could be used to reduce erosion in strip minning of coal?

• Only remove the low grade ore

• Increase use of open pit mining instead

• Replant vegetation after mining.

• Increase water use for mining purpose

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Reclamation is the process of

• Removing coal from a subsurface seam

• Extracting ore minerals from gangue minerals

• Returning land to its original or better condition

• Protecting the habitats of local wildlife

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following type of tree harvesting is the most detrimental to the environment?

• Strip Cutting

• Selective Cutting

• Clear Cutting

• Partial Harvest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to reduced range quality. Two of the major effects of overgrazing are

• erosion and desertification

• eutrophication and increased methane production

• higher fire potential and increased productivity

• higher primary productivity and ammonification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to reduced range quality. Two of the major effects of overgrazing are

• erosion and desertification

• eutrophication and increased methane production

• higher fire potential and increased productivity

• higher primary productivity and ammonification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

How does clear-cutting of forests change the water cycle?

• there will be an increase in transpiration

• there will be an increase in evaporation

• there will be a decrease in run-off

• there will be a decrease in sedimentation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Industrial logging in a deciduous forest can cause...

• an increase in atmospheric CO2

• a decrease in flooding

• an increase in atmospheric O2

• an increase in ecological services

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This agency manages about 253 million acres of America's public lands as well as 700 million acres of subsurface mineral estate.

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Bureau of Land Management

• National Park Service

• US Department of the Interior

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which type of protected land might allow limited mining

• a nature reserve

• a national monument

• a habitat management plan

• a managed resource protected area