Chapter 15.1
Discover How Human Activities Shape Our Environment
You will explore how pollution, city growth, and resource use affect wildlife, water, and land and what you can do to help protect the natural world.
What You'll Learn
You will learn how pollution harms rivers, fish, and wildlife.
You will discover how urbanization destroys animal habitats and wetlands.
You will understand key terms like ecosystem, erosion, and conservation.
You can help protect nature through recycling, conservation, and reforestation.
What You'll Practice
1
You will analyze how pollution affects rivers, fish, and communities.
2
You will identify effects of mining, farming, and urban development.
3
You will match key environmental vocabulary terms to their correct definitions.
Why This Matters
Understanding how human activities affect the environment helps you make informed choices that protect the natural world you depend on every day.
This Unit Includes
Practice exercises
Learning resources
Skills
Pollution
Conservation
Ecosystems
Urbanization
Habitat
NS Curriculum Aligned
