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WorksheetsPeople and Nature Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 50mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not an example of adaptation?
a)
Building a structure out of steel, glass and wood.
b)
Native Americans hunting buffalo in the Great Plains.
c)
The Inca's gathering fruits and berries from their territory.
d)
Commercial fishermen fishing in the Rhine River.
2.
Which of the following modifications would help increase the movement of people drastically?
a)
The development of irrigation systems.
b)
The creation of the air conditioner.
c)
The building of the transcontinental railroad.
d)
The use of a boat in a river.
3.
A modification is
a)
where people change the way they live.
b)
people changing the environment to fit their needs.
c)
using materials that are easy to find in an area.
d)
using water from the local river for drinking and bathing.
4.
An adaptation is
a)
fishing
b)
gathering grass for a shelter
c)
bathing in a local river
d)
all of the above
5.
The Native American people groups often used hides of animals for clothing. This is an example of
a)
Modifying the environment
b)
creating a permanent living environment
c)
Adapting to the environment
d)
none of the above
6.
People have modified the environment in all of the following ways except
a)
building dams
b)
factory development
c)
Irrigation of crops
d)
making cloths from buffalo hides
7.
Which of the following is an effect of automobile exhaust fumes mixing with the atmosphere?
a)
Acid Rain
b)
Crop deterioration
c)
well developed societies
d)
none of the above
8.
Desertification is caused by
a)
over grazing
b)
drought
c)
monsoons
d)
both overgrazing and drought
9.
As people continue to cause deforestation which of the following effects will increase?
a)
More trees on earth
b)
soil erosion
c)
an increase of oxygen in the atmosphere
d)
less houses being developed
10.
Living in Alaska people have had to adapt to the environment by
a)
building homes on stilts to avoid monsoons
b)
building houses out of flexible materials for earthquakes
c)
building houses with increased insulation for warmth
d)
building houses out of sandstone from the local desert
11.
With your table groups draw a map that shows at least 3 modifications and explain the impacts of each one.
a)
click this answer when you are done
b)
do not click this answer when you are done
12.
Choose one modification with your group that you think has made the biggest impact on the environment and explain why.
a)
click this answer when you are done
b)
do not click this answer when you are done
13.
Create a venn diagram that shows the differences and similarities between adaptation and modification.
a)
choose this if you only have differences
b)
choose this if you only have similarities
c)
choose this if you have both similarities and differences
14.
The house in the image is modified for which of the following?
a)
earthquakes
b)
volcanoes
c)
flooding
d)
tornadoes
15.
The image shows a modification for which natural disaster
a)
a tornado
b)
a flood
c)
a earthquake
d)
a tsunami
16.
These energy sources are
a)
non-renewable with no pollution
b)
non-renewable with pollution
c)
renewable with pollution
d)
renewable with no pollution
17.
This house is an example of
a)
using materials that were hard to find in an area
b)
using materials that have been shipped in
c)
using manufactured materials
d)
using materials that were easily accessible in the area
18.
This is an example of
a)
modifying for non-renewable resources
b)
modifying for renewable resources
c)
adapting for non-renewable resources
d)
adapting for renewable resources
19.
This is an image of the transcontinental railroad. This is a ________________ that increases _____________________________.
a)
modification; food production
b)
modification; international trade
c)
modification; trade and travel
d)
modification; clean energy
20.
A train station will usually increase
a)
agricultural development
b)
urban growth
c)
international trade
d)
reclamation of forested areas
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