5 Themes: Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)

What question does the theme, Human-Environment Interaction, ask?

• How are humans and the environment different?

• What is the relationship between humans and the environment?  
• How are humans and their environment similar?

In the HEI subcategory, Modify ...

• humans cannot live without

• humans often adjust to the weather

• humans often change the land

In the HEI subcategory, Adapt...

• humans cannot live without

• humans often adjust to the weather

• humans often change the land

In the HEI subcategory, Depend...

• humans cannot live without

• humans often adjust to the weather

• humans often change the land

Choose all examples of modifying the environment...

• constructing highways, tunnels, levees, and dams

• cleaning a toxic waste dump

• cutting down trees to build a new subdivision

• wearing a scarf, gloves, and coat in winter

Choose all examples of humans adapting to their environment...

• wearing a heavy coat in an Alaskan winter

• using air conditioning in an Arkansas summer

• building dams, levees, and roads

• domesticating animals for food

People depend on the environment for

• food, language, and shelter

• clothing, culture, and politics

• food, water, and air

Humans affect their environment __________

• only positively

• only negatively

• both positively and negatively

The environment affects humans...

• only positively

• only negatively

• both positively and negatively

Wearing a snowsuit in winter is an example of?

• modify

• adapt

• depend