What Does It Mean to Modify the Environment?

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Define human modification of the environment as deliberate physical changes made to the land to meet community needs.

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Modifying the Environment: Water and Infrastructure

5th Grade · Social-studies · US-UT-SS

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Describe how communities modify their physical surroundings over time through irrigation, dams, reservoirs, roads, bridges, and buildings to meet human needs.

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2.2.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how location, climate, and physical features affect where people live and work, and how communities modify the environment to meet their needs over time (for example, irrigation, dams, reservoirs, roads, buildings, bridges).