Warming and Habitat Loss- (from Effects of Climate Change)

What does a living thing's habitat include?

• Everything it needs for survival

• Only its food sources

• Just its shelter

What is an essential part of the polar bear habitat?

• Ice

• Rivers

• Forests

• Deserts

Why are polar bears losing their habitat?

• Due to humans invading their space

• Because of the increasing number of seals sharing the ice

• Due to more ice forming in the Arctic

• Because of warmer temperatures melting ice

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What happens to salmon in warmer water?

• They grow bigger

• They migrate to the ocean

• Young salmon die

• They change color

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How does climate change affect weather patterns?

• Some places become wetter and others drier

• Makes all places drier

• No effect on weather patterns

• Makes all places wetter

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Which species benefit (are helped) by climate change? (pick two)

• Mosquitoes

• Salmon

• Polar Bears

• Kudzu Plants

What do many plants and animals do as their habitats change? (pick two)

• Stop reproducing

• Move toward the poles

• Dig underground

• Move higher up mountains

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Why is it hard for animals to adapt when they reach the top of a mountain?

• It's too cold at the top

• There's nowhere higher to go

How are Pikas responding to a warming climate?

• The are moving closer to the polar regions.

• They are beginning to eat more mosquitoes.

• The are moving higher up mountains.

• The are eating more kudzu plants.

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A major consequence of climate change for many species is that they will...

• move down moutains, closer to the ocean.

• move closer to the equator.

• become extinct.

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