Human Impact on the Environment

How are natural resources impacted by increasing human populations?

• Destroying natural habitats

• Over using water

• Creating multiple forms of pollution

• All of the above

How have humans impacted natural resources?

What does the water cycle consist of?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration

• Condensation, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, run-off

• Evaporation, Transpiration, precipitation

What is a watershed?

Draw the original water cycle

How is water important to maintaining a healthy life?

Pollution is

• Harmful materials being introduced into the environment

• Beneficial materials being introduced into the environment

• Harmful and beneficial materials being introduced into the environment

An acequia is?

• An irrigation ditch or canal

• A river

• A dam

The current population is ________________.

How many watersheds do we have in New Mexico?