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GPH 314 Final Exam Questions and Correct
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How much of the earth's terrestrial carbon is stored in forests?
Ans: 50%
Deforestation and logging are responsible for how much of total co2 emissions?
Ans: 25%
LUCC can:
Ans: -contribute to climate change
-alter hydrological cycle
-impact ecosystem services
Two football size lands of tropical forest lost everyday due to;
Ans: -rise of co2
-erosion
What are the primary drivers of land-use and land-cover change?
Ans: Proximate: cause are human activities or immediate actions at local
level:city zoning
Underlying: causes are social processes such as agricultural policies
Primary effects of LUCC
Ans: -biomass burning-greenhouse gas emissions-climate change
-soil erosion-desertification/sedimentation/nutrient leakage-climate change
How does globalization amplify the driving forces of land-use change?
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Ans: -Removing regional barriers
-strengthening global at the expense of national connections
Providing public services such as electricity, sanitation and public transportation
to cities tends to be _______ that providing similar services to ______ areas.
Ans: Cheaper
Rural
A conclusion of Lambin et al:
Ans: global forces are one of the main determinants of land use change
LUCC are so pervasive that, when aggregated globally, they significantly:
Ans: -affect key aspects of Earth System functioning
-impact biodiversity worldwide
-contribute to local and regional climate change
A major conclusion of Geist and Lambin
Ans: a detailed and location specific understanding of proximate causes and
underlying driving forces is required to address tropical deforestation
LUCC changes can:
Ans: -contribute to local climate change
-alter the local hydrological cycle
-impact ecosystem services
What is a major existing explanation for tropical deforestation?
Ans: Multi-factor causation
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GPH 314 Final Exam Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
How much of the earth's terrestrial carbon is stored in forests?
Ans: 50%
Deforestation and logging are responsible for how much of total co2 emissions?
Ans: 25%
LUCC can:
Ans: -contribute to climate change
-alter hydrological cycle
-impact ecosystem services
Two football size lands of tropical forest lost everyday due to;
Ans: -rise of co2
-erosion
What are the primary drivers of land-use and land-cover change?
Ans: Proximate: cause are human activities or immediate actions at local
level:city zoning
Underlying: causes are social processes such as agricultural policies
Primary effects of LUCC
Ans: -biomass burning-greenhouse gas emissions-climate change
-soil erosion-desertification/sedimentation/nutrient leakage-climate change
How does globalization amplify the driving forces of land-use change?
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
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Ans: -Removing regional barriers
-strengthening global at the expense of national connections
Providing public services such as electricity, sanitation and public transportation
to cities tends to be _______ that providing similar services to ______ areas.
Ans: Cheaper
Rural
A conclusion of Lambin et al:
Ans: global forces are one of the main determinants of land use change
LUCC are so pervasive that, when aggregated globally, they significantly:
Ans: -affect key aspects of Earth System functioning
-impact biodiversity worldwide
-contribute to local and regional climate change
A major conclusion of Geist and Lambin
Ans: a detailed and location specific understanding of proximate causes and
underlying driving forces is required to address tropical deforestation
LUCC changes can:
Ans: -contribute to local climate change
-alter the local hydrological cycle
-impact ecosystem services
What is a major existing explanation for tropical deforestation?
Ans: Multi-factor causation
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