Rivera ECHS
Chapter 14 Active Reading Homework due 4/27/2018
Section 14.1 How We Use Land
Objectives 1. Distinguish between urban and rural land. 2. Describe three major ways in which humans use land. 3. Explain the concept of ecosystem services. 14.1 Vocabulary urban rural ecosystem service
Section 14.2 Urban Land Use
Objectives 1. Describe the urban crisis, and explain what people are doing to deal with it. 2. Explain how urban sprawl affects the environment. 3. Explain how open spaces provide urban areas with environmental benefits. 4. Explain the heat-island effect. 5. Describe how people use the geographic information system as a tool for land-use planning. 14.2 Vocabulary urbanization infrastructure urban sprawl heat island land-use planning geographic information system (GIS)
Section 14.3 Land Management & Conservation
Objectives 1. Explain the benefits of preserving farmland. 2. Describe two ways that rangeland can be managed sustainably. 3. Describe the environmental effects of deforestation. 4. Explain the function of parks and of wilderness areas. 14.3 Vocabulary overgrazing deforestation reforestation wilderness
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