Natural Changes

True or False: Habitats can change due to organisms actions?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: Natural changes to a habitat are ALWAYS harmful.

• True

• False

What is a beneficial effect of flooding?

• It gives water for animals to drink.

• It makes the ground moist so plants can grow.

• It kills old plants so new plants can grow.

• Floods carry and deposit nutrients that enrich soil and allow new plants to grow.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Destroys ecosystems on the land, so animals struggle to meet basic needs (food, water, shelter, space, etc.) : This is a harmful effect of...

• Flooding

• Earthquakes

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Drought

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A beneficial effect of fires is...

• Benefits plants by adding nutrients to the soil

• removes dead and decaying plants

• allowing seeds to grow and thrive restores and restores plant nutrients to the soil

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Why is it harmful when a fire destroys plants and trees?

• Plants and trees grow back.

• Trees are used to make paper.

• Plants and trees are sources of food and shelter.

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a drought?

• A few weeks of rainfall.

• A prolonged period without rainfall.

• A result of a wildfire.

• The result of an earthquake.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: A drought is harmful because plants and trees may dry out which may cause animals that need food and shelter from plants to die.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What kind of habitat may benefit from a drought?

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

• Deserts

• None of the above.

A beneficial effect of landslides is

• Makes new areas for plants and animals to grow

• Destroys animal habitats to make room for new animals.

• Changes the shape of the land

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2