Human-Environment Interaction

True or false: The environment affects people, but people don't affect the environment.

• true

• false

Which of the following is an example of the environment affecting a person?

• The environment doesn't affect people.

• a person waiting to see a doctor at a hospital

• a woman cooking dinner with the fish she caught from a river

• a child buying her favorite chocolate bar at a new candy store

A boy wears shorts and lightweight clothing in a hot climate. This is an example of _____.

• a person having a positive effect on the environment he lives in

• a person being affected by the environment he lives in

• a person destroying the environment he lives in

• a person who does not interact with his environment at all

Which of the following can the environment affect?

• what people wear

• what people eat

• where people live

• all of the above

True or false: Ancient civilizations, including the Romans and Egyptians, modified their environments.

• true

• false

Urban farming refers to a variety of ways people can grow food in cities. Urban farming most likely _____.

• never affects the environment

• never affects humans or the environment

• can help the environment but always harms people

• can be good for the environment and for people

Which of the following is NOT an example of people being affected by their environment?

• people building houses from sod, or soil and grass, on the Great Plains where trees are rare

• Native Americans building houses from clay dug from the ground in the Southwest

• people who live in Nebraska, far away from the ocean, eating fish

• Native Americans making clothing from cedar tree bark in the Northwest

Desi is a farmer who lives in a rural mountain town far from cities with no trees. One way he might adapt to this particular environment is by _____.

• moving to a big city when he graduates from college

• terrace farming to grow crops in a mountain region

• never learning to ski, ice skate, or hike

• making houses and furniture out of tree bark

Which diet is the best example of human-environment interaction?

• children who do not eat vegetables because they don't like the taste

• a person who eats potato chips while watching TV

• a farmer who grows wheat but is allergic to it and doesn't eat it

• a woman who eats fruit from the apple trees that grow in her yard

Which of the following affects the environment in negative ways?

• planting trees

• wearing a hat in the winter

• burning fossil fuels

• recycling