Environmental Modification Quiz

What does it mean to modify the environment? (2.5A)

• to change it to be less useful

• To keep it the same for a long time

• To change it to meet your needs

• To keep it the same as it was

What needs are met by a farm that grows crops? (2.5A)

• food

• water

• oil

• recess

This is a picture of a city street. What is one way people changed the natural environment in this picture?

• They built a road to travel from one place to another more easily.

• They built a river to allow people to get water more easily.

• They made no changes to the natural environment.

Which of these is a modification to the environment that helps people move from place to place?

• dam

• highway

• playground

• neighborhood

What change this man is making to the environment? What could be one reason he is making this change?

• The man is clearing land and one reason could be for building a home.

• The man is building a road for easier travel.

• The man is drilling for oil for gas to heat his home.

• The man is using irrigation to water crops on his farm.

What modification is this?

• Clearing land
• Drilling for oil

• Building roads

• Agriculture

What modification is this?

• Clearing land
• Drilling for oil

• Building roads

• Agriculture

What modification is this?

• Clearing land
• Drilling for oil

• Building roads

• Agriculture

What modification is this?

• Clearing land
• Drilling for oil

• Building roads

• Agriculture

Why would someone use the system shown?

• To help it rain

• To provide shade for the crops.

• To water crops on a farm.

• To provide water for the fish