1. Land Planning Quiz Prep

2. What is hazardous waste?

3. Any waste product that can harm people or the environment is hazardous waste

4. How do we dispose of hazardous waste?

5. What is “urban sprawl?”

6. The tendency for people to move out of the cities and develop farmland at a lower population density than the cities

7. What is the energy advantage of cities?

8. Lower heat usage Lower transportation distances Lower amount of road building Less far to pump water and waste Lower energy use by fire and police

9. What does your cell phone have to do with civil war in Africa?

10. Tantalum mining is being used by the rebels and the government to fight a war that is killing thousands of civilians

11. Should global companies have a responsibility to countrys that are injured by the company’s profit making?

12. Explain how good planning helps the environment.

13. Define the words listed on the next 9 slides

14. Urban

15. Suburban

16. Rural

17. Range land

18. Forest land

19. Crop land

20. Land Preserves

21. Ecosystem services

22. Wetlands

23. What are 6 things that Ecosystem Services does?

24. Purify air & water Preserve & renew soil fertility Flood control Drought control Climate control Maintain biodiversity

25. What are 3 reasons for urbanization?

26. Jobs Education Culture

27. Problem – The Urban Crisis

28. What category of problems is caused by growth that is too fast?

29. Growth too fast leads to INFRASTRUCTURE problems

30. What are 7 INFRASTRUCTURE problems?

31. Traffic jams – Not enough roads Substandard housing School overcrowding Police, fire & medical shortages Water shortages (Water & piping) Water pollution because of inadequate sewer capacity Substandard housing

32. What does urban sprawl have to do with food production?

33. In the US, 2.5 million acres of farmland is taken out of production each year!

34. What watershed problems come from Urban Sprawl?

35. Water runs off instead of going into ground – streams flood Pollution from pesticides, waste & weed killers

36. What 7 energy problems come from Urban Sprawl?

37. People need cars to get to work – we can’t provide public transportation Longer roads for fewer people Houses less energy efficient than in city

38. Fire, police, ambulances stretched thin Septic problems because sewer lines too long Houses built on marginal land that is not stable Heat islands cause more storms

39. What is the main advantage of urban planning?

40. Provides infrastructure before it is needed Examples: White Marsh, Hunt Valley building envelopes in Balto Co Rt 24, Rt 40, Rt 543, Bel Air, Aberdeen, HdG Building envelopes in Harford County

41. What are 2 things good urban planning brings to transportation?

42. Mass Transit needed to urban centers/jobs Good roads and controls to avoid traffic jams

43. What’s it’s problem?

44. Farm Land 250 million acres in US Much is threatened by development

45. What’s it’s problem?

46. Range Land Problems Can become degraded by over grazing Invasive plants a problem Need to increase production to feed increasing population.

47. What are things that must be done to maintain our rangeland?

48. Range Land Maintenance Allow to rest Limit herd size Kill invasive species Replant with native plants

49. What’s it’s products??

50. Forest Lands Wood Paper Maple syrup Turpentine Oxygen Lower carbon dioxide Slow erosion

51. How much forest does each American consume each year?

52. Each person in the US consumes about a 90 foot tall tree each year.

53. What does it mean to clear cut timber?

54. Clear Cut

55. What is selective cutting?

56. Selective Cutting

57. What is deforestation?

58. Deforestation Clearing of trees from an area without plans of replacing them. Generally done for farming or building

59. What is reforestation, and why does it happen?

60. Reforestation Planting or allowing the forest to grow back Generally in lands that prove to be poor for farming

61. What is the water cycle?

62. Water evaporates into the atmosphere, rises and cools. The water condenses out of the cool air as rain. The rain falls to Earth and evaporates

63. How much of the world’s water is fresh water?

64. 3 Percent

65. Rivers, streams, lakes, ponds – any fresh water that is above ground - - Duh!

66. What is a river system?

67. The river and all of the WATER that drains into it, such as streams, creeks, etc. The land is NOT part of the river system

68. What is a watershed?

69. All of the land that eventually drains into a particular river or it’s tributaries.

70. What is groundwater?

71. Water under the ground in aquifers

72. What is the water table?

73. The top level of the water in an aquifer

74. What is an aquifer?

75. A layer of permeable rock, gravel or sand that contains groundwater

76. . What is an aquifer’s recharge zone?

77. Permeable areas of the ground where surface water and rain can enter the aquifer to refill it

78. Why are wells dug much deeper than the top of the water table?

79. So that if the water level drops, the well won’t run dry

80. The Ogallala Aquifer’s water mostly came from melting glaciers 10,000 years ago. How is it recharged today?

81. From rain and surface water

82. Is enough water being deposited in the aquifer today to keep it from going dry?

83. Nope, we are pumping out more of the 10,000 yr old water than is going back in, because that area is pretty dry

85. The END