Human environment interaction

Why are the Rainforests being destroyed?

• diseases carried by insects
• Wildfires
• tropical storms
• human demand for wood and farmland

The Aral Sea has disappeared because of?

• climate change
• Human environment interaction
• plate techtonics
• Erosion

What is sustainable development?

• preventing water pollution
• using resources to meet current and future needs
• Using more nonrenewable resources
• eliminating industrial development

Which human activity would have a negative impact on the earth?

• Reforestation
• preserving endangered soecies
• burning fossil fuels for energy
• Using alternative energy sources

What is El Nino

• Little earthquakes
• Rising levels of air pollution
• Warming of the Pacific Ocean
• Melting ice caps

what climate pattern causes flooding in India?

• El Nino
• Summer Monsoons
• Volcanic eruption
• Earthquakes

Elevated houses in Galveston in an example of?

• Depending on the environment
• Modifying the environment
• Cultural Diffusion
• Adapting to the environment

Building dams is an example of?

• Adapting to the environment
• Depending on the environment
• Modifying the environment
• Loving the environment

Which is NOT a reason China built the Three Gorges Dam?

• Prevent Flooding
• Create electricity
• Make the river longer
• Allow legre ships to move goods to markets

The moral of the Lorax is an example of how we should?

• Practice Sustainable Development
• Use natural anytime
• Not worry about wildlife
• Just make Thneeds