Human Adaptations to Environment

Human – Environmental Interaction Like all animals, people must adapt to the climate, landforms, vegetation, and natural resources they find in a place where they live. However, unlike most animals, humans also have the ability to modify, or change their environments

What affects our survival? Bodies of water (Early civilizations) Landforms Climate Vegetation/ Animals Seismic Activity – (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGtRko8y4Fo)

Important Ideas Humans depend on, adapt to, and modify their physical environment Humans sometimes must respond to conditions of extreme weather or natural disasters such as.. Floods Tsunamis Volcanoes

How people Modify their environment Agriculture - is the growing of food Urban Growth – people modify nature by building towns and cities Dam building – Drain Swamps, prevent swamps, and store water for drinking and Irrigation Energy – humans modify the environment to provide energy for their needs