Practise MYP Individuals & Societies questions on 8.1 Land-use Change and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
Which of the following environmental consequences is specifically associated with the runoff from intensive farming practices?
How does globalization typically influence land-use change in distant locations?
When categorizing the impacts of land-use change for an exam response, which of the following is considered a 'human impact' rather than an 'environmental impact'?
How does the text describe the impact of land-use change on the process of infiltration in the water cycle?
Which specific intensification method refers to the practice of producing more harvests per year on the same plot of land?
Degradation of rivers and coasts due to sediment and nutrients
Decreased soil compaction on hillsides
Reduction in the frequency of flooding in rural areas
Increased water infiltration into urban asphalt
It eliminates the need for land conversion by replacing all natural materials with synthetic ones
It creates global demand for commodities like palm oil and beef, accelerating land conversion far from the consumer
It has no impact on land use because trade only involves services
It reduces land demand by encouraging local subsistence farming
Changes in the water cycle
Changes in livelihoods
Habitat loss
Loss of biodiversity
It increases when forests are converted to pavement
It decreases when vegetation is removed or soil is compacted
It increases the amount of carbon stored in the soil
It is only affected by irrigation and not by land cover
Habitat fragmentation
Mechanization
Double-cropping
Zoning
