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6.6 Human–Environment Interaction and Sustainability Worksheet

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This Grade 6 Social Studies worksheet provides structured practice on 6.6 Human–Environment Interaction and Sustainability. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Human-Environment Interaction and Sustainability — Evaluate how people shape environments and weigh sustainability trade-offs. Alignment: 6.6.

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Grade 6

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Social Studies

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Social Studies Curriculum

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A city has two options to manage heat: (1) build more air-conditioned indoor malls as 'cool spaces,' or (2) redesign streets with shade trees, reflective surfaces, and better ventilation. Option 1 is faster; option 2 is slower but changes the outdoor environment.

Which evaluation best supports Option 2 as a long-term sustainability strategy?

AUrban design reduces heat exposure across the whole city and can lower energy demand, while relying only on air-conditioned spaces can increase electricity use and exclude people who cannot access them.

BStreet redesign cannot affect temperature because only the sun controls heat.

CEnergy demand always falls when more buildings are air-conditioned.

DIndoor malls cool the outdoors more than trees, so they reduce citywide heat best.

Solution & Explanation:Key idea: Urban design reduces heat exposure across the whole city and can lower energy demand, while relying only on air-conditioned spaces can increase electricity use and exclude people who cannot access them.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

A river is straightened to speed ship travel. Afterward, downstream floods become higher because water moves through the channel faster and the river has fewer wetlands and bends.

Which evaluation best explains the unintended consequence?

AShip travel has no relationship to river shape, so straightening changes nothing.

BEngineering for faster flow can reduce natural storage and slowdowns, increasing flood peaks elsewhere—showing how modifying one part of a system can shift risk.

CStraighter rivers always reduce floods everywhere because water arrives sooner.

DWetlands cause floods by storing water, so removing them lowers peaks.

Solution & Explanation:Key idea: Engineering for faster flow can reduce natural storage and slowdowns, increasing flood peaks elsewhere—showing how modifying one part of a system can shift risk.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A coastal town depends on a groundwater lens (freshwater floating over seawater). Heavy pumping lowers the lens, and salty water begins entering wells.

Which evaluation best explains the environmental limit and the needed response?

AGroundwater lenses grow when salty water enters, increasing freshwater supply.

BFreshwater lenses cannot mix with seawater, so intrusion is impossible.

CThe freshwater lens is limited; overpumping allows saltwater intrusion, so pumping must be reduced or managed (and recharge protected) to keep wells fresh.

DSaltwater intrusion happens when pumping stops, so pumping more will fix the problem.

Solution & Explanation:Key idea: The freshwater lens is limited; overpumping allows saltwater intrusion, so pumping must be reduced or managed (and recharge protected) to keep wells fresh.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 6 Social Studies students. It aligns with educational standard 6.6 (Evaluate how people shape environments and weigh sustainability trade-offs.).