Short Term and Long Term Environmental Change

Which of the following ecosystems contains the most biodiversity?

• corn field

• grassland

• recent lava flow covering area in solid rock

• tropical rain forest

Which of the following will have the longest term impact on organisms in an ecosystem?

• flooding
• oil spill
• blizzard
• global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Due to several days of downpours the rivers have overflowed their banks causing localized flooding.

• This is a long term impact.
• This is a short term impact.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Affects organism immediately

• Short term impact
• Long term impact

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Affects subsequent generations

• Short term impact
• Long term impact

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The way an organism looks, behaves, or is built that best suits them for survival

• adapted
• camouflage
• mutation
• organism

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Long term environmental changes...

• Allow adaptation to occur
• Do not allow for adaptation to occur
• Occur suddenly and are very cataclysmic
• Kill everything suddenly (mass extinction)

An organism that cannot adapt to changes in the environment will most likely - 

• produce more offspring
• die
• change its traits to survive
• store more food

Short term environmental changes...

• Allow for adaptation to occur
• Always kill everything within 10 seconds
• Only affect animals and not plants
• Do not allow for adaptation.  Organisms must leave (migrate) or die

Most water pollution is the result of

• human activities.
• drought.
• volcanic eruptions.
• storms.