Bellringer

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Bellringer

1. What are some ways humans use land?
2. What percentage of people in the U.S. live in
   cities?
3. Graph showing where we live.

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How We Use LandSection 14.1

• Objectives
• Distinguish between urban and rural land.
• Describe ways humans use land.

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Land Use and Land Cover

• Land cover describes what you find on a patch of
  land forest, field of grain, parking lot, etc.
• Land cover can determine how the land is used.

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Primary Land-Use Categories in U.S.
Land Cover Type Human Use of Land






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Table 1, p.355

1. Make a Table with 2 columns 1) Land Cover Type
   and 2) Human Use of Land.
2. List the Land Use Categories (Fig. 1, p.355) in
   order from highest percentage to lowest in the
   first column.
3. Use Table 1, p.355, to complete the second column.

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Urban vs. Rural Land

• Urban land covered mainly with buildings and
  roads
• U.S. Census Bureau defines urban land as having
  2500 or more people and a governing body, such as
  a city council
• Rural land large areas of open space few people

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Where We Live

• Early in our countrys history, most people lived
  in rural areas. Why?
• What changed this?
• Industrial Revolution
• Machines made it possible for fewer people to do
  the farm work.
• Transportation made it possible for manufacturers
  to be far from customers.

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Ecosystem Services

• Definition resources produced by natural and
  artificial ecosystems
• Purification of air and water
• Regulation of climate
• Maintenance of biodiversity
• Movement and cycling of nutrients
• Detoxification and decomposition of wastes
• Aesthetic beauty
• Prevention of flood and drought

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ASSIGNMENT

• Complete the table below

Ecosystem Service How is it Accomplished in Nature? How is it Accomplished Artificially?