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Year 11 Geography · Land cover change

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which is an example of land cover?
- ☐ (a) Farming
- ☐ (b) Forest
- ☐ (c) Tourism
- ☐ (d) Housing development
2. Which is a major direct driver of tropical deforestation?
- ☐ (a) Expansion of agriculture
- ☐ (b) Snowfall
- ☐ (c) Tidal changes
- ☐ (d) Earthquakes
3. Why does deforestation contribute to climate change?
- ☐ (a) Trees produce heat
- ☐ (b) Forests reflect sunlight
- ☐ (c) Clearing releases stored carbon and removes a carbon sink
- ☐ (d) Forests create clouds of carbon
4. Since what year has the Landsat program collected satellite imagery?
- ☐ (a) 1945
- ☐ (b) 1990
- ☐ (c) 2010
- ☐ (d) 1972
5. Which response directly increases forest cover?
- ☐ (a) Reafforestation
- ☐ (b) Urban expansion
- ☐ (c) Logging
- ☐ (d) Mining
6. A forest that absorbs more carbon than it releases is a carbon ____.
7. A region lost 8,000 ha of forest over 10 years. What was the average loss in hectares per year?
8. Gathering information about Earth's surface from satellites is called remote ____.

Answer sheet

1. Forest — Forest is a physical cover; the others are uses.
2. Expansion of agriculture — Agriculture is the leading driver.
3. Clearing releases stored carbon and removes a carbon sink — Forests store carbon; clearing releases it.
4. 1972 — Landsat 1 was launched in 1972.
5. Reafforestation — Replanting restores forest cover.
6. sink — Growing forests are carbon sinks.
7. 800 — 8,000 ÷ 10 = 800.
8. sensing — Remote sensing uses satellite and aerial imagery.