Big Changes in the Big Apple

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We usually refer to nature, the wild outdoors, as ___

Back

the natural environment

Front

We usually refer to homes, stores and the places made by people as ___

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the human environment

Front

Things that are taken from parts of the world and shaped by people are called ___

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natural resources

Front

The action of moving water from one place to another is called ___

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irrigation

Front

What kind of organism changes its environment? Options: only plants, only animals, only humans, everything that's alive

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everything that's alive

Front

How many people live in New York City? Options: about 9 hundred, about 9 thousand, about 9 million, about 9 billion

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about 9 million

Front

After a couple hundred years, the wilderness of New York became paved with over ___

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9,600 kilometers of streets

Front

Every day, how much drinking water is delivered by New York City's water supply system?

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about four billion liters

Front

Before humans changed it, what was in the region of Time Square?

Back

a swamp

Front

New York City is an extreme example of human's ability to ___

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change an environment