Crash Course 41.1

When the world around them changes, living things _______ too.

• change

• hide

• ecosystem

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Why are pineapples picky?

• They taste bad

• They only grow in certain climates

• The outside is very sharp

What is an environment?

• The living creatures in an ecosystem

• Severe flooding do to storms

• Conditions in which something lives

What is an ecosystem?

• Climate change that hurts the habitat

• A system of living things and their environment

• An adaptation that helps animals survive

What kind of things are able to live at the poles of our planet

• Penguins and polar bears

• Giraffes and fish

• Cacti and snakes

What is an adaptation

• A characteristic that helps an organism live in its environment

• Animals adding features to their body to live

• A climate change that affects an ecosystem

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If animals cannot adapt to their environment, they can become _________.

• alive

• extinct

• sick

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How did the moths in the video adapt to the change in their ecosystem?

• Pollution killed all of the black moths, so they are extinct.

• The lighter moths ate all of the darker moths.

• When trees were light, more light moths survived. When trees were dark, more dark moths survived.

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What kind of change affected the moth's ecosystem

• pollution

• climate change

• food availability

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If the environment changes, living things will change (adapt) too. Or the result might be more severe, and affect the whole __________.

• group of people

• food chain

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