Human Use of Land

Question 1

Which national park in Texas helps reduce the harmful impact of land use on the environment?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Big Bend National Park

Question 2

Explain why clear-cutting is a more destructive method of wood harvesting than selective cutting.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Clear-cutting removes every tree in an area, completely destroying habitat, increasing soil erosion, and preventing natural regrowth, whereas selective cutting removes only chosen mature trees and leaves the rest of the forest intact.

Question 3

Explain why the populations of great apes in Africa are declining.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Great ape populations in Africa are declining mainly because of habitat loss from deforestation, logging, agriculture, and mining, along with poaching and disease spread from human contact.

Question 4

California’s rice fields are _______.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

visited by migrating waterfowl

Question 5

Explain what type of logging would most likely necessitate reforestation afterwards.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Clear-cutting would most likely require reforestation afterward because it removes all trees, leaving the area without natural seed sources for regrowth.

Question 6

Which of the following are possible consequences of logging in forests?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 7

Explain why biological control methods are generally environmentally superior to chemical pest control methods.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Biological control uses natural predators or pathogens that target specific pests, reducing chemical pollution, preventing pesticide resistance, and causing fewer unintended effects on non-target species and ecosystems.

Question 8

What is meant by the unexpected consequences of environmental manipulation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Unexpected consequences are the unintended, often harmful side effects that result from altering the environment, such as introducing a species that becomes invasive or pesticides that harm beneficial wildlife.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a negative impact of pesticide use?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

toxic to insects

Question 10

When animals feed off of land faster than the plants can regrow, the land is _______.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

overgrazed

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