Environment

Understanding our Environment

Understanding Our Environment 

The agricultural revolution also changed the food we eat. The plants we grow and eat today are decended from wild plants. During harvest season, farmers collected seeds from plants that exhibited the qualities they desired. The seeds of plants with large kernels or sweet and nutritious flesh were planted and harvested again, Over the course of many generations, the domesticated plants became very differentfrom their wild ancestors. 

Understanding Our Environment

The agricultural revolution allowed human populations to grow at an unprecedented rate. An area of land can support up to 500 times as many people by farming as it can by hunting and gathering. As populations grew, they began to concentrate in smaller areas. These changes placed increased pressure on local environments.

Open Ended

Why did populations concentrate in smaller areas during the agricultural revolution?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the theme of the passage?

• The agricultural revolution changed human food preferences.

• Some plants today are similar to their ancestors.

• Farming replaced hunting and gathering.

• Agricultural communities developed from hunter-gatherer communities, and the practice of agriculture introduced new environmental problems.

Open Ended

Try to define the word 'agriculture'

Multiple Choice

Farms are to hunting and gathering as

• cars are to airplanes

• anchors are to ships

• fish hatcheries are to fishing

• CDs are to vinyl records

Open Ended

In what two ways did the human population change as a result of the agricultural revolution?

Open Ended

What changes did humans make that affected local environments?