Studies Weekly 19 Human Processes

The article says people clear land to do what?

• play baseball

• build homes

• build dams

• play soccer

_______________ result from human interaction with the environment.

• Human processes

• Irrigation systems

• Land clearings

• Farming practices

What are irrigation systems for?

• preventing floods

• mining more gold

• growing more food

• making more clothes

According to the article, chemicals can destroy ____________________.

• our cars

• another planet

• an oil spill

• soil nutrients

Which of these is true? a. b. c.d.

• Pollution is not harmful to our pets.

• We breathe in pollution sometimes.

• Pollution cannot happen on landforms.

• Exhaust fumes from cars are not harmful

Based on the article, “harmful” most likely means: a. b. c.d.

• enjoyable

• dangerous

• interesting

• familiar

Fertilizers and pesticides can ___________.

• make fish grow bigger

• clean rivers and lakes

• pollute lakes and rivers

• wash away the soil

. Fumes from energy plants and vehicles _________.

• create unhealthy conditions

• make cities change mayors

• are good for building roads

• can be used on farms

The construction of highways and homes __________.

• helps our rainfall patterns

• causes many trees to grow

• destroys nutrients in the soil

• changes our landscape

Conservation is also about managing our resources for ____________.

• local government

• future generations

• future dinosaurs

• national parks