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Human-Environmental

Interaction --- Notes


Fill in the information for the How
Are People Affected by the
Environment graphic organizer
using these notes!
Adaptation
What does it mean to adapt to something?

Humans must adapt to the climate,
landforms, vegetation, and natural resources
that are around them.

Ways we adapt to our environment:
clothing, food, shelter, recreational
activities, etc.
Bodies of Water
The environment affects peoples choice of
food, shelter, clothing, and general way of
life.
Fresh water is essential to human life.
How does this affect where people choose
to live?
How has the Nile
River affected life
in Egypt?
What bodies of water
do we have around
us?
Where does our fresh
water come from?
Landforms
People are affected by landforms found in
the area they live.
Where would you live?
How do you think
the land affects
the way the
Berbers live in
North Africa?
How did this
land affect
how the Incas
lived?
Climate
The climate affects the people in many ways:
clothing, foods, types of jobs, homes, recreational
activities, etc.
How do you think this climate affects how people
live?
Food?

Shelter?

Clothing?

Plants?
Climate
Food?

Shelter?

Clothing?

Plants?
Plant & Animal Life
Types of vegetation and animals in an
area affect human lifestyles.
Plants and animals are sources of food,
clothing, and building materials.
How did this
animal affect the
American Indian
way of life?
Reflection
How are your activities affected by the
environment?


Draw/color 4 pictures that represent the ways
the environment affects you everyday!
Notes
Modifications of the Environment
People modify their environment.
Culture and technology often influence
how people modify nature.
Why do you think that is?
Use your Modification of the Environment chart
Agriculture
Agriculture is farming, or the growing
of food.
Many civilizations clear land to cultivate
crops and irrigate fields to increase food
production.
Agriculture
How have we used technology to do this?
Agriculture
How does culture affect what foods we
grow?
Urban Growth
People modify nature by building towns
and cities.
Urbanization: movement of people from
rural (country) to urban (city) areas
"Satellite Photo of Earth at Night." Geology.com. Web. 29 Apr 2011.
<http://geology.com/articles/satellite-photo-earth-at-night.shtml >.
Urban Growth
How has technology affected urban
growth?
Urban Growth
How does culture affect urban growth?
Notes: The Building of Dams
People construct dams to:
Drain swamps
Prevent floods
Store water for drinking and irrigation
Generate electric power
Aswan Dam
Captures the Nile River in the worlds
3
rd
largest reservoir, Lake Nasser.
Before it was built, the Nile overflowed
once a year and deposited nutrient-rich
silt on the valley floor, making Egypts
otherwise dry land fertile.
Purpose: flood control, hydroelectric
power, irrigation

"Aswan High Dam." PBS: Building Big: Wonders of
the World. Web. 29 Apr 2011.
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structur
e/aswam1_dam.html>.
Aswan Dam
Read Aswan High Dam Info Sheet



How did culture affect this dam?
How did technology affect it?
Three Gorges Dam
The worlds largest
hydroelectric dam
Purpose: flood control,
hydroelectric power,
irrigation, navigation
Located in China on the
Yangtze River
More than one million
people had to move.
The reservoir submerged
villages, ancient temples,
and burial grounds.
"Three Gorges Dam." Wikipedia. Web. 29 Apr
2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThreeGorges
Dam-China2009.jpg>.
Aswan Dam
Read Three Gorges Dam Info Sheet



How did culture affect this dam?
How did technology affect it?
NOTES: Energy
Humans modify the environment to provide
energy for their needs.
Humans burn coal, whale oil, and forms of
petroleum for light, heat, and power.
Energy
Resources like coal and oil are known as
fossil fuels. Why do you think that is? Click
here to find out
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/energy/ecostats/index.cfm
These resources can only be used once
then they are gone. These are called
nonrenewable.
Energy
How do we get coal and oil to use for
energy?
How does this modify the environment?
How does culture affect this?
How does technology affect this?
How did the Gulf Oil Spill modify our
environment?
Energy
Humans also use renewable resources for
energy. These can be renewed after a period of
time.
Trees
Wind
Sun
Does this modify the environment?
How does culture affect this?
How does technology affect this?
Complete Negative and Positive
Effects of Modification Graphic
Organizer

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