Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 7 - 7th Grade: Geography

SS10.7G.9

Explain how human actions modify the physical environment within and between places, including how human-induced changes affect the environment.

COS Examples

Examples: within–construction of dams and downstream water availability for human consumption, agriculture, and aquatic ecosystem

between–urban heat islands and global climate change, desertification and land degradation, pollution and ozone depletion

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • How human actions modify the physical environment within and between places.
  • How human-induced changes affect the environment.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Recognize the effects of human actions on the physical environment.
  • Evaluate changes in the physical environment.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Physical environment and actions play a major role in changing the face of Earth's environments.

Vocabulary

  • modification
  • induced changes
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