Human-Environment Interaction

Match the following

• Physical Characteristics

• Organisms that have been brought to a place where they are not meant to live.

• Climate

• The average weather conditions of a place over an extended period of time.

• Human Characteristics

• Features that come from human ideas and interactions that people have with their environment

• Invasive Species

• Features that are part of a natural environment.

• Economic Region

• Groups of states that have similar industries that are the major economic force for that area.

Match the following

• Region

• An area that has similar characteristics

• Human Interaction

• The study of how the geography of a place affects the way people live and the way people use the land.

• Political Region

• A region defined by political features, such as cities, states, countries, and continents.

Match the following

• Describe how overusing trees impacts other parts of the environment.

• Animals lose habitat and/or food sources.

• How do human adapt to weather changes?

• We can use solar power and wind turbines

• What are some ways we can conserve our resources?

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Oil

• The farm may not be close to a water source or the size of the farm is too large to water by hand.

• Why mights a farmer need to use an irrigation system?

• Wearing different types of clothing, homes use heat or air conditioning, specialized equipment such as umbrellas, snow shovels, boots, snow plows, etc.

What are three things people need to survive?

• chocolate, homes, and shoes

• food, shelter, and clothing

• coats, boots, and scarves

• air conditioning, heat, and food

What can the environment affect?

• houses, trucks, and holidays

• clothing, jobs, and food

• fun, holidays, and food

• fashion, food, and trucks

What did the Middle Colonies provide to all the colonies?

• grains

• fish

• ships

• indigo

What is a plantation?

• a ship

• a factory

• a large farm

• a plant

Match the following

• What is a region?

• An area that has similar characterics

• Are there multiple types of regions?

• physical, human, political, cultural, and economic

• What are the different types of regions?

• Yes