Lesson 1: Human Interactions

• Adaptation - A change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment
• Reforestation - the process of regenerating forest areas that have been destroyed or damaged for the benefits of mankind
• Dependence - the quality of state of being influenced or determined by or subject to another.
• Modification - a change in structure, function, or form that improves the chance os survival for an animal or plant within
• Recycling - converting waste minerals into new materials and objects
• Human-Environment Interaction

  • way people adapt and modify the environment
  • connections between human beings and the entire ecological system
• General Types

  1. Dependence - air, food, shelter, water
  2. Modification - human activities
  3. Adaptation
• Positive Human-Environment Interactions:

  • Conservation of Water Resources
  • Recycling
  • Development of Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Eco-tourism
  • Creation of National Parks
• Negative Human-Environment Interactions:

  • Waste Pollution
  • Usage of Natural Resources
  • Deforestation
  • Usage of Aerosols
  • Borehole Drilling