Ecosystem Changes

Some habitats change from season to season. How do the animals that live there survive?

• Animals can collect and store food for the winter
• They could die
• They could call for help.

Why would an animal migrate, or go somewhere else, during the winter?

• To find food
• It has a new job.
• It wants a different home
• To go on vacation

What is a flood?

• When fish rise to the surface.
• When a large amount of water covers land that is normally dry
• When a rock breaks away from a moutain and it goes to walmart then bi-lo then it rains then a flood happens
• When Neptune gets too close to Earth

Flooding can be beneficial because:

• it can make the ground more fertile
• it can teach people to swim
• it can destroy homes
• it can cause people to relocate 

What is a drought?

• Not enough rain
• Too much rain.
• Too much people using water
• Strong winds

Which is a positive effect of wildfires?

• Smoke from the fire causes air pollution.
• Animals' habitats are destroyed.
• People can lose property.
• Ash from the fire can add nutrients to the soil.

If an animal migrates then they

• find a hole to sleep in
• change the color of their fur
• travel to a warmer location

What is one way these animals can adapt for the winter?

• Fly to some place warmer.
• Sleep for 4 months.
• Grow a thicker coat. 

What does it mean to hibernate?

• To change your physical characteristics
• To sleep for an extended period of time during the winter
• To travel to a warmer location
• To eat all the oreos

What is one way people can change ecosystems?

• breathing air
• playing football
• riding bicycles 
• building houses