Distinguish adapting to and modifying environments

The idea

Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.

Step by step

Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Modifying changes part of the environment itself.
Use the specific action described and separately consider its effects.

Example

Travelers change their departure time to avoid the hottest hours without altering the landscape. Which response is described?

Answer

adapting behavior

They adjust their behavior to the existing conditions.

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Choose a settlement challenge and propose one adaptation and one environmental modification.

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