Environments

Grow strong or reproduce.

• Thrive

• Perish

• Ecosysten

• Population

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All of the following are changes to an environment that could help an animal thrive EXCEPT______?

• more of the kind of plants the animal eats

• few predators that eat the animal

• less rain during the spring and summer

• removal of animals that eat the same food

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The rising of a body of water that overflows onto normally dry land.

• Flood

• Drought

• Earthquake

• Tornado

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Long period of dry weather or shortage of rainfall.

• Flood

• Thunderstorm

• Drought

• Tsunami

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Which plants and animals thrive in flooded environments?

(Select all that apply.)

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All the living and non-living things in an area.

• Household

• Community

• Population

• Ecosystem

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The chart below shows the population of four different species of animals before a flood occurred. How did this environmental change impact species "L?"

• The population of the species drastically reduced as a result of the flood.

• The species thrived in the enironment with an increase of water.

• The species perished in the environment with the increase of water.

• Species L was most likely a flying unicorn that magically appeared from the land of Nimm and devoured all of the cotton candy from the Truffula Trees.

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Alligators are a species that reside in the swampy waters of Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. Alligators usually eat fish, amphibians, crustaceans, birds, or small mammals. Alligators would leave the park if ? (Select all that apply.)

• There were more fish.

• The water in the swamps dried up.

• It rained everyday for a week.

• There was an increase of amphibians.

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These data tables give information on four habitats and the needs of a Fennec fox. Which habitat most closely meets the needs of the fennec fox?

• Q, because they can dig tunnels in the sand, they would eat a field mouse as it is a small mammal, and the habitat has very little water.

• R, because rabbits are small mammals.

• S, because they love to swim in the water.

• T, because they can eat the arctic hare and dig tunnels in the snow drifts.

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All members of a species living together in an area.

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

• School

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