Chapter 14 Study Guide
How do people us land (name 3 things):
Farmland, forest land , and rangeland
What is an effect caused by increased temperature in a city due to generate and trapped heat?
Heat island
Rural areas contain large areas of __________ and few people.
Open space
Why should rural areas be preserved (saved), even though people live in cities?
They give us food+ ecological services
Rapid expansion of a city into the surrounding countryside is ___________
Urban Sprawl
The movement of people from rural areas to cities is called ____________
Urbanization
The most protected public lands are ____________ areas.
Wilderness
In 1870, the first national park established to protect and preserve the land for future generations was______________
Yellowstone
The first national park in the US's was ___________
Yellowstone
In clear-cutting _________ tree are removed from an area.
all
The process of removing all trees from and area of land is known as _________
clear-cutting
Fire stations, roads, and bridges are examples of ____________________
infrastructure
Many people move to cities in search of ____________________.
jobs
In selective cutting, __________ trees are removed from an area.
old
Where do most Americans live?
urban areas
The clearing of tree from an area without replacing them is known as _____________
Deforestation
Resources produced by natural and artificial ecosystems are called ____
Ecosystem service
_______________ are all the things society builds for public use.
Infrastructure
Most damage to rangeland come from ______________
Overgrazing
Land that is used to graze livestock is known as ____________________.
Rangeland
Regardless of where people live, they are dependent on resources produced in ____________
Rural Areas
List some the part of community that are considered to be infrastructure:
Schools, police station, hospital, roads, and bridge
Cities generate and trap ____________________, causing increased temperatures.
heat
What is reforestation?
replanting trees in an area
As opposed to urban land, ____________________ land contains relatively few people.
rural