Human-Environment Interaction | Week 7

changing how one lives based on their environment

• adapt

• change

• assimilate

• acclimate

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

• time

• natural resources

• fossil fuels

• land

True of false: Humans have a major impact on their environment

• True

• False

How do people negatively impact the environment?  

• littering and polluting

• protecting endangered species

• planting and replacing trees

• reusing and recycling

occurs when high winds blow heavy snows   

• wind

• snow

• blizzard

• ice storm

to rely on something  

• depend

• rely

• trust

• forget

waves of movement along the Earth’s surface caused when part of the solid ground beneath the surface suddenly shifts   

• earthquake

• thunderstorm

• sandstorm

• wind storm

occurs when water rises in an area and has no place to go  

• sunshine

• rain

• wind

• flood

strong storms that form over the ocean causing heavy rain, high winds, and flooding  

• storms

• earthquakes

• hurricanes

• lightning

changing the place where one lives  

• rely

• depend

• modify

• trust