Human migration & human environment interaction

Adapt means...

• to rely on

• to change to fit a new situation

• to change or make different

Modify means...

• to rely on

• to change to fit a new situation

• to change or make different

Mrs. Coates decides that she would like to see more plant life being grown around South Tama. She goes out to the back of the school and has some of her Science students start cultivating (digging up) the land to use to plant some crops.

• Adapt

• Modify

• Depend

Native American groups in the Pacific Northwest came to their land hundreds of years ago. When they were hungry, what did they do?

Turned to the forests and the ocean for food. They hunted beaver, elk and deer, caught whales and the fish that were there.

• Adapt

• Modify

• Depend

Building dams, plowing and irrigating fields, and digging mines are examples of...  

• depending
• adapting
• modifying

People who live in the northeastern United States use heating units to keep their homes warm in winter.  This is an example of..

• modifying
• adapting
• depending

Ancient Egyptians rebuilt their homes each year after the annual flooding.  As time went on, they built their homes above the flood plain. This is an example of..

• modifying
• depending
• adapting

Modern day Egyptians have built the Aswan Dam to keep the Nile River from flooding.  This is an example of...

• modifying
• adapting
• depending

Building dams is an example of?

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

Modify means to

• grow

• impress

• change

• to make something more modern