Lesson 2: Sections 1& 2

Adaptation is:

• a tent

• a story that is unique

• something people to do be able to survive in their environment

Match the following adaptation with the problem it solved

• Used animal bones instead

• The sun on the snow was too bright

• Hunted seals and whales instead

• Had hardly any wood to make tools

• Made goggle out of bones

• Can't farm with frozen ground

A natural resource is...

• anything in nature that is useful to humans

• everything in a certain area

• a story that explains where people came from

What is a Kiva?

The climate in the grasslands is ​ (a)   and a natural resource found there is ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (b)   g

• dry
• wet
• grass
• ice

An environment also has natural resources which include (a)   ​ , ​ (b)   ,​ (c)   and ​ (d)  

• soil
• water
• trees
• animals
• minerals
• climate
• drinking wells

In this environment, Native Americans often dug wells and ditches to get enough water for drinking and crops.

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Mountains

• Arctic Ice Fields

Native Americans chose areas rich in natural resources. What did these environments have?

(a)   ​ (b)  

• No plant life

• Mild climates
• Plenty of food and water
• Highest mountain points

Match the following

• Grasslands

• Natural resources are dirt & minerals and the climate is hot & dry.

• Mountains

• Natural resource is water and the climate is cold & snowy.

• Desert

• Natural resources are trees and plants, and the climate is cold & snowy.

• Arctic Ice Fields

• Natural resources are grass & soil, the climate is dry.

How did the Inuit tribe adapt to artic environment?

• catch fish

• They used snow to

• build igloos

• They used the ice and ivory harpoons to

• get food and nutrients

• They used seal skin to

• make clothes,footwear, and tents

• They used whale blubber to