Environmental Changes

Living organisms, including humans can change their environment.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When change occurs, organisms will:

• only adapt.
• adapt, migrate, or die.
• migrate or die.

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How would building a highway affect an environment?

• Saltwater pollutes freshwater.
• Marine life is threatened.
• Animals cannot travel through their ecosystem the same.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A hurricane coming on land can affect the freshwater source in an area.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If a coyote disease decreases the coyote population, then:

• the ponds flood.
• crops are wiped out.
• the mice population explodes.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An increase in number of a particular organism is:

• heredity.
• organism.
• overpopulation.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If beavers build a large dam on a river, then:

• the area might flood.
• crops are wiped out.
• the mice population would explode.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If an invasive plant grows in a forest, then:

• sunlight is more abundant.
• native plant growth decreases.
• windy days increase.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a naturally occurring change to an environment?

• Pollution
• Hurricane 
• Building roads

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If an organism cannot adapt or migrate when a dramatic change occurs, it may die.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4