Test: 5th Grade Science

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From the Environmental Protection Agency, "Land cover represents the actual or physical presence of vegetation (or other materials where vegetation is nonexistent) on the land surface. Land cover is also often described as what can be seen on land viewed from above. It is one means to describe landscape patterns and characteristics that are critical in understanding aspects of the environment."

Based on the EPA's graph below which type of land cover needs the most protection?

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Source: https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator.cfm?i=49#3

Forest

Shrubland

Barren

Grassland

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