Question
Humans have many different types of impacts on the environment. Below are two Landsat images of a large city named New Delhi, which is the capital of India. The image on the left was taken in March of 1991. The image on the right was taken in March of 2016. The green color represents forested areas. The purple/gray areas represent non-forested areas, like pavement and buildings.
1. Which statement best describes the information shown in the above two images?
(1 point)
Responses
These show how erosion has decreased over time.
These show how erosion has decreased over time.
These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.
These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.
These show how agriculture has stayed the same over time.
These show how agriculture has stayed the same over time.
These show how runoff has stayed the same over time.
1. Which statement best describes the information shown in the above two images?
(1 point)
Responses
These show how erosion has decreased over time.
These show how erosion has decreased over time.
These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.
These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.
These show how agriculture has stayed the same over time.
These show how agriculture has stayed the same over time.
These show how runoff has stayed the same over time.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The statement that best describes the information shown in the two images of New Delhi is:
**These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.**
This is indicated by the increase in non-forested areas (purple/gray) compared to the forested areas (green) between 1991 and 2016.
**These show how urban sprawl has increased over time.**
This is indicated by the increase in non-forested areas (purple/gray) compared to the forested areas (green) between 1991 and 2016.