Science Ch. 3 Lesson 3: Environmental Changes and Extinction

Environments do not remain the same. They are always __________.

• changing

• staying the same

• disappearing

• thriving

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Some changes are short term, such as the different _______ in a year.

• landforms

• bodies of water

• seasons

• people

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Some changes are long lasting, such as those caused by a volcano, a hurricane, ___________________, or a fire.

• a stop light

• a landslide

• nighttime

• a solar eclipse

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Living things can change an ecosystem that can be ___________ or __________.

• helpful and caring

• helpful or harmful

• harmful or scary

• quiet or loud

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Building roads, homes, and shopping malls affects an ecosystem by destroying the __________ of other living things

• habitats

• ideas

• hibernation

• jobs

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Some examples of how people change ecosystems are _____________, ______________, and _____________.

• singing, dancing, and playing

• breathing, eating, and sleeping

• deforestation, overpopulation, and pollution

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Vocabulary:

I am the name for a species that only has a small number of members left alive and is in danger of dying out.What am I?

• accommodation

• endangered

• overpopulation

• pollution

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Vocabulary:

I am the result when toxic gas, acid rain, and fertilizers affect an ecosystem. I make the air, land, or water in an ecosystem dirty and unsafe. What am I?

• pollution

• extinction

• deforestation

• accommodation

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Vocabulary:

I am what happens when a forest is cut down to make room for roads and buildings. What am I?

• overpopulation

• endangered

• extinction

• deforestation

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Vocabulary:

I am the result of more and more living things moving into an ecoystem, taking up more space, and using more natural resources. What am I?

• accommodation

• endangered

• overpopulation

• deforestation

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