Short Answer Practice
Before you begin your answer
Example:
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000
acres of rainforest each day. Identify and explain
two of the main human impacts on the
environment.
Before you begin your answer
• Cross out any information that is not
important
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000
acres of rainforest each day. Identify and explain
two of the main human impacts on the
environment.
Before you begin your answer
• Underline what the question is actually asking
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000
acres of rainforest each day. Identify and explain
two of the main human impacts on the
environment.
Before you begin your answer
• Circle any key terms for what the question is
actually asking you to do
• For example: Identify, discuss, determine,
explain
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000
acres of rainforest each day. Identify and explain
two of the main human impacts on the
environment.
Before beginning your answer
• Box any specific number of things the
question would like for you to do.
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000
acres of rainforest each day. Identify and explain
two of the main human impacts on the
environment.
Starting your answer
• The most direct way to begin your answer is start
by rephrasing the question
1. Humans are currently destroying 80,000 acres
of rainforest each day. Identify and explain two
of the main human impacts on the environment.
Two main human impacts on the environment
are….
After you answer your question
• Read over the question and then your answer.
• Did I answer all the parts of my question from
the annotations I made?
• Did I answer in complete sentences?
Practice and Pair Share
• Write your own answer to the question.
• Share your response with your partner
Practice
• Two of the main human impacts on the
environment are overexploitation and invasive
species. Overexploitation is when resources
are taken from the environment faster than
they can be returned. Invasive species are
species from a different habitat that are
introduced, and damage their new
environment.
It is always useful to add examples
• Two of the main human impacts on the
environment are overexploitation and invasive
species. Overexploitation is when resources are
taken from the environment faster than they can
be returned. Invasive species are species from a
different habitat that are introduced, and damage
their new environment. An example of over
exploitation is over hunting of animals. An
example of an invasive species in the lionfish in
the Caribbean.