Environmental Change

Has an immediate impact!

• Short Term
• Long Term

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Global Warming

• Short Term
• Long Term

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Permanent change to an ecosystem

• Short Term
• Long Term

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Can cause extinction

• Short Term
• Long Term

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What is an example of how organisms respond to short term changes in the environment?

• Animals tend to eat a lot more.

• Animals will hibernate.

• Animals must be able to adapt to a new environment.

• Animals will go extinct or die due to the short term change.

What two environmental changes can be found in this image?

• pollution and climate change

• climate change and urbanization

• deforestation and pollution

• urbanization and deforestation

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Natural Disasters such as, earthquakes, flooding, and volcanic eruptions can cause ...

• short term changes

• long term changes

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an inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• biodiversity

• environmental change

• adaptation

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Biodiversity is

• changes in an environment

• variety of life

• characteristics of organisms

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environmental change is described as

• breeding of organisms

• a disturbance in the environment

• changes in genetic material

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