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Air is an important part of the environment that is necessary for life on Earth. Which of these activities is most likely to be harmful to the air?

• camping

• burying toxic wastes

• swimming

• burning coal for energy

In a drought condition the ground is

• soaked

• wet

• damp

• dry

Humans cause environmental changes by

• causing forest fires

• deforestation

• construction

• all of the answer choices are correct

Deforestation is an environmental change caused by

• animals

• humans

• natural events

• plants

Animals that are successfully reproducing and have all needs met are said to be

• adapting

• dying

• moving

• thriving

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If an animal stays in its environment after a major change it will need to _____________ to those changes in order to survive

• adapt

• die

• move

• thrive

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Plants and animals that live in the tropical rainforest need to be able to live with

• wet soil

• low rainfall

• drought conditions

• very cold temeratures

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Pollution is an environmental change caused by

• animals

• humans

• natural events

• plants

If a living organism is not able to adapt to its new environment - what might it do?

• reproduce rapidly - thrive

• move to a new location

• change it's body to match the environement

• survive - just get by

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Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans in 2005 causing widespread flooding and wind damage. Which of these is the reason for this environmental change?

• natural disaster

• invasive organism

• too much human construction - habitat destruction

• predatory organisms

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