Changes in the Environment Quiz

Which one of these is a possible environmental change?

• A volcanic eruption

• A tornado

• All of these

• Water pollution

• Humans bulldozing trees

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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If a factory dumped toxic waste into a lake, what would one of the environmental effects be?

• A. The people who worked in the factory would get sick

• B. The fish in the lake would die

• C. The organisms that depended on the fish for food would die or leave to find new food

• D. Both B and C

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Based on what you know about adaptations, an animal with lots of fur and fatty tissue would live where?

• The desert

• The forest

• The arctic

• The jungle

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

If an animal has adapted to it's environment by making itself harder to see, then it is using what?

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

• Migration

• Flotation

If an animal moves from one place to another for some reason, then it is using what adaptation?

• Camouflage

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Palpitation

If an organism slows down its bodily functions during the winter to survive when there is less food in its environment, then it is using which adaptation?

• Flotation

• Migration

• Camouflage

• Hibernation

When humans put something harmful into the environment this is called

• Hunting

• Population

• Pollution

• Weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Smoke from a factory could cause which of these?

• Litter

• Air pollution

• Drought

Extreme weather like tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis are called what?

• Human disasters

• Natural disasters

• Human effects

• Natural changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Shortage of water in an area is called what?

• A drought

• Deforestation

• A tsunami

• An earthquake

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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