Vocabulary
Environmental Changes
Adaptations
Can Survive, Survives less well, or Cannot survive
100
To make or become different
Change
100
A group of students visit the San Diego Zoo and observe tortoises eating seasonal fruits and vegetables. Later in the school year, the same group of students visit the San Diego Aquarium and observe loggerhead sea turtles eating algae and corals. The group of students discusses whether or not the tortoises from the zoo could live with loggerhead sea turtles in the aquarium.
Which of the following best supports an answer from the group’s argument?
Loggerhead sea turtles and tortoises live in the same habitat.
Changing where loggerhead sea turtles live will make it harder for them to find food.
Populations of loggerhead sea turtles have the same adaptations as tortoises.
Loggerhead sea turtles and tortoises can live together because they have not changed over time.
Changing where loggerhead sea turtles live will make it harder for them to find food.
100
This picture has facts about a duck that lives in a pond
food
Air
eggs
Oxes
food
100
A duck living near a pond
Can survive
200
All the interacting members of a species in a specific area
population
200
After a volcano erupts, the temperature in the area increases because of the extremely hot lava. How does the lava affect plants?
All of the nearby plants are destroyed.
The plants move to a different habitat.
The volcanoes release oxygen, and the plants grow better than before.
The heat causes the plants to release their seeds, and many new plants grow right away.
All of the nearby plants are destroyed.
200
One type of fox has brown fur during part of the year. During another part of the year, the fox has white fur. This change in fur color helps the fox hide in a habitat that has - (3-LS4-3) (1 Point)
many shallow ponds
forests with tall trees
plenty of tall grass
lots of snow in the winter
lots of snow in the winter
200
Sea weed in the ocean
survives well
300
to move from one area to another
migrate
300
There is a beach that is home to many animals. Strong ocean waves have been taking away the sand, causing the beach to get smaller. What could people do to help keep the beach from getting smaller?
Bring in new animals that are able to live on smaller beaches
Build structures that decrease the size and strength of the waves
Stop people from throwing trash into the water near the beach
Capture the animals and taken them to a larger beach
Build structures that decrease the size and strength of the waves
300
Plant roots are adapted to grow downward, with the pull of gravity. Which statements explain how this adaptation helps plants survive? Choose TWO correct answers
This helps make sure that roots grow toward sunlight.
This helps make sure roots grow down into dirt, not up or sideways
This helps plant roots grow into soil so they can absorb water and nutrients
This helps plant roots grow away from other plants so they have more space.
This helps plant roots grow into soil so they can absorb water and nutrients
This helps plant roots grow away from other plants so they have more space.
300
A polar bear in the forest
cannot survive
400
ANy characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive
Adaptation
400
Cranes are birds. They build platform nests in the shallow waters of estuaries. Estuaries are places where fresh water and salt water mix at the coast. Cranes eat crabs. Cranes might move away from this area if which change happens?
The number of crabs in the area increases.
There is a drought in the area and there is a shortage of freshwater, resulting in the decline in the number of crabs.
The number of insects in the area increases.
The area is cloudy one day and sunny the next.
There is a drought in the area and there is a shortage of freshwater, resulting in the decline in the number of crabs.
400
Give two reasons why a cow and polar bear cannot live in the same place?
what they eat
fur
feet
a cow would not be able to stay warm in the cold temperatures
400
A lion at the beach
cannot survive
500
The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism
Environment
500
A factory uses the water from a lake to make things. When the water is put back into the lake, it is much warmer than before.
They could let the water cool down before returning it to the lake.
They could build factories closer to the lake that provides the water.
They could put plants in the lake that live in very warm water.
After using the water, they could send it to another lake far away.
They could let the water cool down before returning it to the lake.
500
A snapping turtle has powerful jaws. How does this adaptation help the snapping turtle survive in its environment?
Give two reasons
powerful jaws to eat fish and to protect themselves
500
An elephant at a ZOO
survives less well