SS Week 7: Human-Environment Interaction

The __________ available in an area provide materials, food, and clothing for people settling there.

• political resources

• cultural resources

• natural resources

• financial resources

What are our basic needs?

• food, clothing, toys

• clothing, pets, toys

• a place to live, food, clothing

• a place to live, pets, food

What do people depend on to provide their needs?

• environment

• government

• entertainment

• culture

Which of the following are ways to positively impact the environment?

• throwing trash on the ground

• killing endangered species

• cutting down trees

• recycling

Which of the following are ways to negatively impact the environment?

• littering

• protecting endangered species

• planting and replacing trees

• recycling

About __________ percent of all the garbage we throw away could be recycled. 

• 50

• 60

• 70

• 80

People adapt to their environment to meet their basic needs and to survive. This means __________.

• people change how they live based on their environment

• people don’t change how they live based on their environment

• people live the same way no matter where they are

• the environment does not affect people

Which of the following is a way people adapt to the climate?

• using maps of their local area

• shopping in local stores

• building homes from the available resources

• shipping items from other regions to their environment

Which of the following are jobs based on a place’s natural resources?

• education

• medicine

• mining

• finance

Modifying the environment means to:

• keep things the same

• expand the environment

• change the environment

• move to a new environment