Worked example
Travelers change their departure time to avoid the hottest hours without altering the landscape. Which response is described?
Answer & why
Answer: adapting behavior
They adjust their behavior to the existing conditions.
Grade 7 · Social studies
Distinguish adapting to and modifying environments
Classify a described human response while recognizing that an action can have both benefits and costs.
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Question 1
Residents change planting dates and also build terraces into a hillside. Which response is described?
- adapting behavior
- both actions are described
- modifying the environment
- no human response is described
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: both actions are described
Changing dates adapts behavior; constructing terraces modifies land.
Question 2
A description says only that a region has steep hills. What human response is described?
- adapting behavior
- no human response is described
- both actions are described
- modifying the environment
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: no human response is described
The statement identifies a physical feature but no human action.
Question 3
People wear insulating clothes in a cold region without changing its climate. Which response is described?
- modifying the environment
- both actions are described
- no human response is described
- adapting behavior
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: adapting behavior
They adjust what they wear to the existing environment.
Question 4
A community constructs a seawall that changes the shoreline’s protection. Which response is described?
- both actions are described
- adapting behavior
- modifying the environment
- no human response is described
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: modifying the environment
Building the structure changes the coastal environment.
Question 5
Travelers change their departure time to avoid the hottest hours without altering the landscape. Which response is described?
- adapting behavior
- modifying the environment
- no human response is described
- both actions are described
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: adapting behavior
They adjust their behavior to the existing conditions.
Question 6
Workers build a canal to redirect water to fields. Which response is described?
- adapting behavior
- both actions are described
- no human response is described
- modifying the environment
A hint
Adapting changes behavior to fit environmental conditions.
Answer & why
Answer: modifying the environment
The canal changes the movement of water in the landscape.