Adaptation/Modification

When humans change their behavior in order to adapt to the environment this is called

• Adaptation

• Modification

When humans change the environment, this is called

• Adaption

• Modification

Pollution is a _______________ consequence of modifying the enviornment

• Positive

• Negative

When we build highways we are _____________ the enviornment.

• Adapting

• Modifying

Is this an example of adaptation or modification?

• Adaptation

• Modification

A modification is 

• where people change the way they live. 
• people changing the environment to fit their needs. 
• using materials that are easy to find in an area. 
• using water from the local river for drinking and bathing.

Building dams, plowing and irrigating fields, and digging mines are examples of...

• modifying

• adapting

Modern day Egyptians have built the Aswan Dam to keep the Nile River from flooding. This is an example of...

• modifying

• adapting

Putting on sunscreen.

• Adapt

• Modify

Building a well for water.

• Adapt

• Modify