SS U1 L7 Vocab

Human / Environment Interaction =

• when people change the environment to fit them
• ways in which people use and interact with the Earth
• when people change to fit the environment

Is the home below likely to be found in Arizona or Michigan?

• Arizona
• Michigan

The Gulf Dead Zone is an example of how pollutants from farmlands drain into the Mississippi and then to the Gulf of Mexico. What great lake was also heavily impacted by high phosphorus levels and low oxygen levels

• Lake Huron
• Lake Ontario
• Lake Michigan
• Lake Erie
• Lake Superior

Modifying the Environment

• when people change the environment to fit them
• ways in which people use and interact with the Earth
• when people change to fit the environment

Adapting to the natural environment

• when people change the environment to fit them
• ways in which people use and interact with the Earth
• when people change to fit the environment

Building a house & insulating it is and example of

• Adapting to the natural environment
• Modifying the environment
• Human/Environment Interaction

Cutting down trees to increase farmland is an example of

• Adapting to the natural environment
• Modifying or changing the environment
• Human/Environment Interaction

Farming is an example of

• Adapting to the natural environment
• Modifying the environment
• Human/Environment Interaction

Mark each way that humans have changed or modified the environment...

• Pollute Great Lakes & rivers
• Cut down trees for lumber and to increase farmland
• Filling in wetlands
• Building along the shoreline, creating erosion problems
• Growing cities that take up woods or farmland

Wearing a warm coat in the winter is an example of

• Adapting to the natural environment
• Modifying the environment
• Human/Environment Interaction