We fish in the ocean in the environment to catch fish for us to eat.
What is using the environment to meet human needs?
100
Something that a person must have to survive, such as food.
What is a need?
100
In cold areas, we can build these to help vegetables and fruit grow.
What is a Greenhouse?
100
This is what happens when a lot of fossil fuels are released into the atmosphere.
What is Pollution?
100
These collect light energy from the Sun and turn it into electricity.
What is Solar Panels?
200
In the winter we wear warm jackets, and in the summer we wear shorts and shirts.
What is how humans have adapted the way they live because of the physical environment?
200
Something that a person would like to have but does not need to survive, such as a fancy home.
What is a want?
200
This helps to prevent our homes from flooding, especially if we live in areas that flood a lot.
What is building our homes up high/build a barrier around our home.
200
This is the name of rain that contain harmful chemicals.
What is Acid Rain?
200
This is a transportation method that do not require gas. These cars run on a battery.
What is Battery Powered Cars/ Smart Cars?
300
We have built bridges to enable us to travel from one place to another in car.
What is how humans have changed the physical environment?
300
Resources that be grown again over time, such as trees.
What is a Renewable Resource?
300
We build these underground to keep us safe from tornadoes.
What is a Cellar?
300
Homes built from straw do not use as much oil, propane, or natural gas to heat and cool them because straw is a good...
What is Insulator?
300
This means that fish are being caught faster than they are able to produce?
What is Overfishing?
400
Facts or information, such as numbers, maps, photos, charts, and graphs, used to draw conclusions. It is used to track and compare changes over time in Earth's physical environment.
What is Data?
400
These resources cannot be replaced once they are used up.
What is Non-renewable Resources?
400
Hiding under our desks, or under something to help protect our heads is a protocol often used for this.
What is an Earthquake?
400
Bonavista has cut down 5000 trees to build a new Disney World. This has a __________ impact on our environment.
This type of challenge happens when an area receives extremely low amounts of precipitation for months or even years.
What is Drought?
500
Majorca is a mountain island in the Mediterranean Sea off the east coast of Spain. People have build terraces into steep mountainsides for homes and farming. The terraces help to prevent this.
What is Erosion?
500
These forests are lost to activities such as logging and cattle ranching. These forests have a lot of rainfall and are home to a lot of different species of animals/insects.
What is a Rainforest?
500
These people help to protect the rainforest and its plants and animal species for future generations to enjoy.