HOW WE USE LAND
What is land with buildings and roads called?
Urban land
Movement from rural to cities is called?
Urbanization
Land used to grow crops?
Farmland
Removing all trees in an area?
Clear-cutting
Example of ecosystem service in cities?
Temperature control / water absorption
What do you call areas with few people and open space?
Rural areas
Rapid expansion of cities into countryside?
Urban sprawl
Land used for grazing livestock?
Rangeland
Cutting only selected trees?
Selective cutting
What type of land includes deserts and grasslands?
Rangeland
What are resources produced by ecosystems called?
Ecosystem services
What happens when population exceeds infrastructure?
Urban crisis
Overuse of grazing land is called?
Overgrazing
Clearing forests without replacing them?
Deforestation
One major problem of fast urban growth?
Pollution / traffic / poor housing
What major event caused people to move to cities?
Industrila Revolution
What do we call hotter temperatures in cities?
Heat island
Protecting land from exploitation?
Wilderness
Replanting trees?
Reforestation
Why are protected areas important?
Prevent extinction / preserve ecosystems
True or False: Most people lived in cities before 1850
False
Land set aside for parks and recreation?
Open space / Greenbelts
Planning how land will be used?
Land-use planning
Forest that has never been cut?
Virgin forest
What industry uses large amounts of wood daily?
Timber industry