APHUGE Unit 1 Quiz: Human Interaction with the Environment

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

Dr. Cubbin decides that she would like to see more plant life being grown around Bay Academy. He goes out to the back of the school and has some of his science students start cultivating (digging up) the land to use to plant some crops.

• Adapt

• Modify

• Depend

Mr. Goldfarb decides to move to South America. Upon arrival he realizes he didn't plan very well because he only brought clothes for cold weather. Realizing his mistake, he had to go to the local market to buy some new clothes.

• Adapt

• Modify

• Depend

• Adapt

• Modify

• Depend

the loss or destruction of forests, mainly for logging or farming.

• Deforestation

• Reforestation

• solid waste pollution

• water pollution

Which group consumes one-fifth of the world's energy, while only making up one-twentieth of Earth's population?e\

• Chinese

• Americans

• Indians

• Europeans

Fossil fuels are

• finite resources.

• unevenly distributed around the world.

• plants and animals buried millions of years ago.

• both finite resources and buried plants and animals.

• All the above

Saudi Arabia has relatively large proven reserves of

• petroleum

• coal

• natural gas