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Land Enviro Sci
Vocabulary words for Chapter 14-Land
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| urban | land that is covered mainly with buildings and roads |
| rural | land that contains relatively few people and large open spaces |
| ecosystem services | resources produced by natural and artifical ecosystems |
| urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| infrastructure | all the things a society builds for public use |
| urban sprawl | rapid expansion of a city into the countryside |
| heat island | the increased temperature in a city |
| geographic information system | GSI-computerized system of sorting, manipulating, and viewing geographic data |
| overgrazing | allowing more animals to graze in an area than the area can support |
| deforestation | clearing trees from an area without replacing them |
| reforestation | planting trees to replace those that have been cut-down |
| wilderness | areas of land and ecosystems that are protected from all exploitation |