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A method of harvesting trees in which all of the trees are removed from land area; as opposed to Selective Cutting
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What is Clear-Cutting?
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Clearing trees from an area without replacing them.
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What is Deforestation?
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The necessary structures, including roads, buildings, bridges, and sewers that a society builds for public use.
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What is Infrastructure?
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Determining the location of homes, businesses, and protected areas before area is developed.
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What is Land-Use Planning?
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Solid substance found in nature that consists of a single element or compound.
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What is a Mineral?
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Minerals that have economic value and are useful to humans in some way.
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What are Mineral Sources?
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A method of mining in which large holes are dug in the ground to remove material such as ore, sand, gravel and building stones.
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What is Open-Pit Mining?
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Rock that contains minerals.
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What is Ore?
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Damage to grassland caused by too many animals eating in a limited area.
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What is Overgrazing?
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The process of restoring land to the condition it was in before mining operations began.
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What is Reclamation?
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The process of replacing trees that have died or been cut down.
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What is Reforestation?
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A method of harvesting only middle age or mature trees individually or small groups.
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What is Selective Cutting?
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The method of mining in which huge machines clear away Earth's large surfaces as in phosphate mining.
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What is Strip Mining?
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A low density development that is spread out through cities.
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What is Suburban Sprawl?
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A condition in which more people live in a city than its infrastructure can support.
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What is Urban Crisis?
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The movement of people from rural area to cities.
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What is Urbanization?
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The designated natural area where the land and the ecosystem it supports and protects.
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What is the Wilderness?
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