HUMAN IMPACT ON LAND BY: MR. MERINGOLO. WHY IS LAND SO IMPORTANT? SUPPLIES A SOLID SURFACE FOR BUILDINGS AND ROADS THE SOIL IN LAND PROVIDES NUTRIENTS.

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HUMAN IMPACT ON LAND BY: MR. MERINGOLO

WHY IS LAND SO IMPORTANT? SUPPLIES A SOLID SURFACE FOR BUILDINGS AND ROADS THE SOIL IN LAND PROVIDES NUTRIENTS FOR PLANTS AND HIDING PLACES FOR ANIMALS MINERALS BELOW THE LANDS SURFACE CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOSSIL FUELS UNDERGROUND CAN BE BURNED TO PROVIDE ENERGY

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAND USE? RECREATIONAL- PEOPLE USE NATURAL AREAS FOR HIKING, BIRD-WATCHING, MOUNTAIN-BIKING, HUNTING, AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT- ROADS AND TRAIN TRACKS CONNECT URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. ROADS IN THE U.S. HIGHWAY SYSTEM COVER 4 MILLION MILES OF LAND AGRICULTURAL- RURAL AREAS IS USED FOR AGRICULTURE. CROPS SUCH AS CORN, SOYBEANS, AND WHEAT ARE GROWN ON LARGE, OPEN AREAS OF LAND. RESIDENTIAL- PEOPLE LIVE IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. RURAL AREAS HAVE LARGE AREAS OF OPEN LAND AND SMALLER POPULATIONS, URBAN AREAS HAVE LARGER POPULATIONS AND SMALL AREAS OF OPEN LAND. UBANIZATION- THE GROWTH OF URBAN AREAS CAUSED BY PEOPLE MOVING INTO CITIES. COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL- COMMERICAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES USE LAND RESOURCES AS WELL. EXAMPLES INCLUDE CEMENT COMPANIES, FERTILIZER MANUFACTURES, AND STEEL MANUFACTURES

WHY IS SOIL IMPORTANT? PROVIDES A HABITAT FOR ORGANISMS SUCH AS PLANTS, EARTHWORMS, FUNGI, AND BACTERIA. PLANTS GET THE WATER AND NUTRIENTS THEY NEED FROM THE SOIL IMPORTANT FOR MOST LAND ECOSYSTEMS IMPORTANT FOR AGRICULTURE

HOW CAN HUMAN ACTIVITIES AFFECT LAND AND SOIL? HUMAN ACTIVITIES CAN HAVE A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT ON LAND AND SOIL. LAND DEGRADATION- THE PROCESS BY WHICH HUMAN ACTIVITY AND NATURAL PROCESSES DAMAGE LAND TO THE POINT THAT IT CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECOSYSTEM. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: URBANIZATION, DEFORESTATION, AND POOR FARMING PRACTICES.

LAND DEGRADATION

URBAN SPRAWL WHEN URBANIZATION OCCURS AT THE EDGE OF A CITY OR TOWN. REPLACES FORESTS, FIELDS, AND GRASSLANDS WITH HOUSES, ROADS, SCHOOLS DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF NATURAL AREAS THAT SURROUND CITIES

EROSION EROSION IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH WIND, WATER, AND GRAVITY TRANSPORTS SOIL AND SEDIMENT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER EROSION CAN SPEED UP THE DEGRADATION OF LAND WHEN LAND IS CLEARED FOR FARMING, THE TREES AND PLANTS ARE REMOVED AND THE SOIL IS LONGER PROTECTED. THIS EXPOSES SOIL TO BLOWING WIND AND RUNNING WATER THAT CAN WASH AWAY THE SOIL

SOIL EROSION

DESERTIFICATION THE PROCESS BY WHICH LAND BECOMES MORE DESERT LIKE AND UNABLE TO SUPPORT LIFE. CAUSES OF DESERTIFICATION ARE DUE TO OVERGRAZING FROM LIVESTOCK AND POOR FARMING METHODS

DEFORESTATION DEFORESTATION IS THE PROCESS OF TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION FROM AN AREA DEFORESTATION OCCURS DUE TO URBANIZATION, AGRICULTURE, LOGGING FOR WOOD, ETC.