Big Changes in the Big Apple

Front

We usually refer to nature, the wild outdoors, as ___

Back

the natural environment

Front

We usually refer to homes, stores and the places made by people as ___

Back

the human environment

Front

Things that are taken from parts of the world and shaped by people are called ___

Back

natural resources

Front

The action of moving water from one place to another is called ___

Back

irrigation

Front

What kind of organism changes its environment? Options: only plants, only animals, only humans, everything that's alive

Back

everything that's alive

Front

How many people live in New York City?

Back

about 9 million

Front

After a couple hundred years, the wilderness of New York became paved with over ___

Back

9,600 kilometers of streets

Front

Every day, how much drinking water is delivered by New York City's water supply system?

Back

about four billion liters

Front

Before humans changed it, what was in the region of Time Square?

Back

a swamp

Front

New York City is an extreme example of human's ability to ___

Back

change an environment