Human-Environment Interaction Quiz

The environment determines what we grow in certain areas, so instead of rice, we grow yams. THis is an example of:

• Depending on the environment

• Adapting to the environment

• Modifying the environment

• Desertification

Mountains prevent farmers from gowing rice so they DIG out (terrace the mountain to grow rice. This is an example of :

• Depending on the enviornment

• Adapting to the environment

• Modifying the environment

• Deforestation

The current destruction fo the rainforests around the world is primarily due to the

• diseases carried by insects

• Wildfires in dry seasons

• Devastation from tropical storms

• Human demand for timber and farmland

Which type of extreme weather is caused by underwater eathquakes?

• Monsoons

• Tsunamis

• Hurricanes

• Tornados

Landforms, Bodies of Water, Climate, Vegetation are all examples of:

• Effects of Extreme Weather

• Solutions to Sustainable Development

• Physical Characteristics of a Place

• Human Characteristics of a Place

Sustainable development can best be characterized as:

• Enacting laws to prevent water pollution

• Using resources in order to meet current and futrue needs

• Eliminating industrial development in developing nations

• Greater dependence on Earth's non renewable resources

All of the following are true of subsistence agriculture EXCEPT:

• Farmers often profit from this type farming

• Small scale farming--growing just enough for survival

• Low levels of farming technology and equipment used

• Dominant type of agriculture in less developed/ developing nations

What lesson can be learned from the flooding of New Orleans after Hurrican Katrina of 2005?

• A hurricane is unlikely to reach New Orleans againn

• International cooperation can prevent hurricanes

• The human response to a natural disaster can influence its destructiveness

• Hurricanes are the main contributor to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico

The picture of the Nile River Delta and Population Density Map of the Nile River Delta best illustrate which type of Human-environment Interaction?

 

 

• Humans depending on the environment

• Humans adapting to the environment

• Humans modifying the environment

• Humans destroying the environment

All the measures indicated below are steps taken by builders in earthquake zones.  These measures show that:

 

·         Steel reinforcements are embedded in a home’s joint to make them stronger

·         Skyscrapers use special lightweight materials that sway when stressed but do not break

·         Several buildings are rigidly tied together to allow them to behave as a single mass.

 

•  People have the ability to prevent earthquakes

• Humans can adapt to different challenges in the physical environment

• Little can be done to minimize the effects of earthquakes

• Structural engineering has been unable to respond to natural threats.