Environmental Changes

Living organisms, including humans, can change their environment.

• True

• False

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When a change occurs, organisms will

• only adapt.

• adapt, migrate, or die.

• migrate or die.

How would building a highway affect an environment?

• Saltwater pollutes freshwater

• Marine life is threatened

• Animals cannot travel through their ecosystem the same

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A hurricane coming on land can affect the freshwater source in an area.

• True

• False

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If a coyote disease decreases the coyote population, then

• the pond floods.

• crops are wiped out.

• the mice population explodes.

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An increase in number of a particular organism is

• heredity

• organism

• overpopulation

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If beavers build a large dam on a river, then

• the area might flood.

• crops are wiped out.

• the mice population explodes.

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If an invasive plant grows in a forest, then

• sunlight is more abundant.

• native plant growth decreases.

• windy days increase.

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What is a naturally occurring change to an environment?

• Pollution

• Hurricane

• Building roads

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If an organism cannot adapt or migrate when a dramatic change occurs, it may die.

• True

• False

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