Urbanization
Deforestation
Agriculture
Mining/Drilling
Shoreline Issues
100
The process when cities get bigger as more people move into them
Urbanization
100
The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.
What is deforestation
100
This is the growing of crops to feed people
Agriculture
100
This is the process where you dig into the Earth for coal to use to make energy
Mining
100
What process causes issues on the shores?
Erosion
200
State one reason people move to cities.
Jobs, better pay, better schools, better healthcare
200
What is a negative of deforestation?
Increased erosion
Loss of habitats for animals
Less oxygen without trees
200
What is a negative of agriculture?
We have to clear the trees/plants from the area to grow the crops.
The area cannot be used for homes.
200
This is the act of digging a hole in the Earth in the hope of collecting oil
This is drilling
200
What do we call the area between the land and ocean?
Shoreline
300
What is a negative of urbanization?
Increased erosion, removal of trees, and habitat loss to animals.
300
State one reason why deforestation is needed.
We have to remove trees to make room to build more homes for people and use land to grow food to feed people
300
Why is agriculture needed?
To feed people
300
What is a negative of drilling?
Oil spills
Loss of habitat
Earthquakes
300
State at least two structures that are built in order to prevent or reduce shoreline erosion.
What is a seawall, jettie, seawall, groin.
400
What is 2 cities in North Carolina that has urbanization occuring?
Charlotte, Apex, Raleigh, Durham, Cary
400
Write the definition for deforestation.
The removal of trees.
400
Name a crop we might grow.
Tobacco, soy beans, potatoes, corn.
400
What is negative of mining?
Air pollution
Climate change
400
What is one shoreline issue?
Sea level rising, loss of land, destruction to homes, wind and wave damage, flooding
500
Write the definition of urbanization.
The process where cities get bigger as people move into them.
500
Draw a picture that shows deforestation.
Answers Vary.
500
This is what we grow for agriculture. We call this a ________.
Crop
500
From mining we get ___________
From drilling we get ____________.
Mining: coal
Drilling: oil
500
What is the location in North Carolina where erosion happens the most by waves/wind?
The Outerbanks