Land Use and Water Use (Pt.1)
Across
- 2. An area similar to a suburb, but unconnected to any central city or densely populated area
- 4. The maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of that resource.
- 6. The belief that people should maximize use of resources, based on the greatest good for everyone
- 8. A large area typically planted with a single rapidly growing tree species.
- 9. The transformation of arable, productive land to desert or unproductive land due to climate change or destructive land use
- 11. A U.S. classification used to designate lands that may be used for recreation, grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral extraction
- 13. A federal public land managed for the primary purpose of protecting wildlife.
- 15. The artificial application of water to the land or soil
- 16. Grassland primarily used for grazing cattle
- 19. The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service or otherwise accounted for
- 20. Land dominated by trees and other woody vegetation and sometimes used for commercial logging
- 21. The degradation of the built and social environments of the city that often accompanies and accelerates migration to the suburbs
- 22. A 1973 U.S. act designed to protect species from extinction
- 23. A U.S. federal fund that pays for the construction and maintenance of roads and highways
- 24. A substance, either natural or synthetic, that kills or controls organisms that people consider pests
- 25. Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers
Down
- 1. Urbanized areas that spread into rural areas, removing clear boundaries between the two
- 3. Removal of forests for any other land use
- 5. An area set aside with the intent of preserving a large tract of intact ecosystem or landscape.
- 7. A method of harvesting trees that involves removing all or almost all of the trees within an area.
- 10. Farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and seaweeds
- 12. Removal of individual trees based on predetermined parameters
- 14. An area surrounding a metropolitan center, with a comparatively low population density
- 17. The tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted if it is not regulated in some way
- 18. Extraction of mineral resources from the Earth