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by BlastRoom
Sustainable Cities and Smart Growth for high school Environmental Science, on-level and AP. Covers AP Environmental Science Unit 5: Land and Water Use.
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20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
A city wants to reduce vehicle miles traveled by reducing the number of errands that require a car. Which land-use response acts most directly on that problem?
New subdivisions are consuming farms at a city's edge. Which growth-management response most directly limits this outward urban sprawl?
A treeless arterial is unusually hot in summer, and pedestrians lack shade. Which redesign most directly reduces the local heat-island effect while shading the sidewalk?
A parking lot's asphalt sends oily stormwater rapidly to a creek. If the parking area must remain, which redesign most directly reduces runoff at its source?
Workers face long car commutes because jobs, housing, and shops are far from rail stations. Which development pattern most directly addresses this land-use problem?
A city needs housing but wants to avoid converting farmland at its edge. Which project best matches that goal?
Frequent storms overwhelm a combined sewer system. Which street retrofit reduces runoff before it enters curb inlets?
Suburban construction has separated two forest patches used by wildlife. Which design response most directly restores landscape connectivity?
A region adopts both an urban growth boundary and a minimum-density rule for new subdivisions. What do these policies accomplish together?
Transit-oriented development usually places homes and shops within about a half mile of a transit station. Why is that distance chosen?
A downtown changes from single-use zoning to mixed-use zoning. What does this change make possible?
A city adopts a complete streets policy for a road reconstruction. Whose travel needs must the design consider?
A city develops a vacant parcel downtown instead of opening a new site on the rural fringe. What is a key function of this infill development?
A county sets up a transfer of development rights (TDR) program. What does this program do?
A shallow planted depression receives runoff from a roof and lets it soak through soil. What green-infrastructure feature is it?
Along a roadway, a long shallow vegetated channel slows and filters runoff as it flows downhill. What feature is this?
A city replaces conventional asphalt with porous pavers over a gravel layer. What does this green-infrastructure feature do?
A building adds vegetation and growing substrate above its roof membrane. How does this green roof help manage stormwater?
A school directs roof runoff into a cistern and later uses the water to irrigate gardens. What is the cistern's primary stormwater function?
How can a street-tree canopy reduce stormwater loading on a city's pipes?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Soil Erosion and Conservation
30 questions
