1. How do we Adapt?

2. Adapt- to adjust to different conditions and the environment

3. How do People in Louisiana Adapt to the Environment?
Louisiana experiences a lot of flooding

4. Why does Louisiana experience so much flooding?
The land in New Orleans is located below sea level. This means that the land we sit on is lower than the height of the Gulf of Mexico and other bodies of water.

5. How do we adapt to being Below Sea Level?
We build levees to protect our cities, homes, and even crops from flooding.
Levees- artificial structure build to protect flooding from a body of water

6. How do we Adapt to living below sea level?
We also raise our homes to avoid flood waters