Question

What are some of the benefits humans receive from altering their environment? Write your answer in a paragraph of at least five sentences.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: Humans alter their environment in many ways. We burn fossil fuels to produce electricity and to power cars, airplanes, and trains. We also clear land to build businesses, homes, and shopping centers, and to grow food. We cut down forests, and we hunt or raise animals for food. Finally, we divert rivers to store water in reservoirs and to irrigate farmland.

Answer 2

From altering the environment humans receive the benefit of multiple resources, such as wood which they receive from cutting down trees. Deforestation gives humans the benefit of having more land accessible for the public, as trees taken down by deforestation allows for humans to build public locations such as parks, and provides land for houses to be built on. Overall, altering the environment gives humans the benefit of having more resources, along with land that they are able to use for housing and livestock farms, which once again provide more resources for the public.