How do Changes to Habitats Affect Living Things?

What is a drought?

• A long period of time with lots of rain.

• Having too many animals and plants living in an environment

• A long period of time with very little rain

• Having the perfect amount of living things in an environment

Why is a drought harmful to living things?

• It helps plants to grow quickly

• It can cause plants to die

• It helps animals to find more food

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How is a flood helpful to the environment?

• It kills all living things

• It creates a new path for water to flow

• It leaves behind soil and crops are able to grow well.

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How is fire helpful to the environment?

• It opens space for new plants to grow.

• It kills animals' habitat

• It burns down trees and plants

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How are fires harmful to an environment?

• Allows plants to reproduce or grow.

• The ashes provide nutrients to the soil.

• It destroys living things

• It opens space for new plants to get sunlight.

Why is having a balance between living things important?

• There is just enough of each kind of living thing to survive happily

• Plants will overpopulate when there are more animals in the environment

• Animals will survive when there are too little of plants to eat

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What is the effect of too many animals on an environment?

• There are more plants for the animals to eat

• There are fewer plants for the animals to eat

• Animals will be happier to have more animals in their tribe

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