People and the Environment

Which of the following describes all the living and nonliving things around you?

• community

• enviornment

• physical features

• natural resources

The State has natural resources of: Corn, Fish, Trees and Coal.

Which of the following industries might be important to the people who live in this state?

Choose the THREE correct answers

• shipbuilding

• steel making

• oil drilling

• farming

• mining

Match each term with the correct definition

• Rural Area

• A smaller community built near a larger city

• Urban Area

• A place with many people living close together

• Suburban Area

• An area in the countryside with a small population

Match the statement that explains how people ADAPTED to the environment or CHANGED the environment

• Changed the Environment

• A stronger storm shelter was built in a town that gets powerful storms

• Changed the Environment

• A house was built to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter

• Adapted to the Environment

• A road was built through a mountain to connect two towns

• Adapted to the Environment

• A dam was built across a river to stop flooding