Impacts on the Environment Review

Which of the following is the best definition of environment?

• The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates

• The place an organism makes its change

• The place a person works or lives

• All the living and nonliving things in an area

Which of the following would be a change to the environment caused by humans?

• Termite mounds

• Prairie dog burrows

• Building roads or buildings

• Beaver lodges

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Which of the following would be a change to the environment caused by animals?

• Pollution

• Global warming

• Farming

• Pollination

What are some types of Human effects on the environment?

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Which example shows a plant changing the physical characteristics of a region?

• Vines grow strong-smelling flowers.

• Trees provide food for bugs.

• Rabbits eat grass in a field.

• Roots break apart rocks.

Termites are insects that live underground and eat dead plants. A student claims that areas with underground termite activity will grow more grass.

Which statement supports the students' claim?

• Termites decrease the amount of water in the area.

• Termite spread diseases to plants.

• Termites provide oxygen to plants.

• Termites increase the health of the soil in the area.

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Which statement about elephants supports the idea that animals can change their physical environments?

• Elephants use their trunks to help them breathe, smell, and drink.

• Elephants uproot and knock down trees and other plants.

• Elephants use trumpets and other sounds to keep in touch with family groups.

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Which three animal actions will change the area where they live?

• Monkeys sitting in the shade from a tree

• Beavers building a dam across a river

• Herd of cattle eating all the grass in a field

• Dolphins swimming in groups in the ocean

• Octopuses gathering pebbles into a pile

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A beaver builds a dam across a narrow part of a river to use a lodge to raise its young.

How will the beaver’s dam impact the area?

• The beaver will clear-out thousands of trees to build the dam.

• The location of the beaver’s dam will cause floods upstream

• The beaver will only hunt freshwater fish in the river surrounding its dam.

• The pollution in the river will increase due to the beaver’s dam.

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