Unit 3 Test Review

What is an adaptation?

• People changing the way they live to fit an environment

• People changing the environment to fit the way they live

• People needing certain things to survive

• People growing food that does not normally grow in a certain region

Building infrastructure that changes the environment is an example of...

• Dependence

• Man-made disaster

• Adaptation

• Modification

El Nino causes ______ conditions in the South America.

• Drier

• Cooler

• Wetter

• More stable

Some places have turned to using desalination plants more because...

• It's cheaper than collecting freshwater

• They have a shortage of fresh water

• It's easier than collecting freshwater

• They have an abundance of water

Hurricanes (cyclones) are most likely to occur in what part of the world?

• In the high latitudes

• In the arctic

• In the mid latitudes

• In the tropics

What is one important thing dams are used for?

• A source of hydroelectricity

• Stopping pollution of lakes

• Giving people calm fishing waters

• Protecting from storm surge

What natural disaster are you most likely to see in this part of the world?

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

• Volcanic eruption

• Tornado

A nonrenewable resource is...

• A resource that can only be used once for the rest of time

• A natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed

• Something humans have created in a lab

• A natural substance that is replenished with the speed at which it is consumed

What is an example of a renewable resource?

• Oil

• Wind

• Natural gas

• Coal

Chernobyl was a natural disaster

• True

• False