General Environmental Changes
Human Environmental Changes
Natural Environmental Changes
Critical Thinking
Review Round
100
What type of major environmental change happened in the Smoky Mountains in 2016?
A wildfire happened in the Smoky Mountains in 2016.
100
What is an example of a human change to the environment?
Any of these answers: overharvesting, overfishing, pollution, human population, habitat loss
100
What kind of natural environmental change is happening in this picture? 
The natural environmental change happening in this picture is flooding.
100
An elephant has a trunk, which is an example of an ___________. Why do elephants have long trunks?
A trunk is an example of an external feature.
It helps an elephant find food.
100
What kind of adaptation does animal have? How does it help them survive?
The adaptation that this animal has is camoflage.
It helps them survive by helping it blend in with its environment, so predators can't see it as easily.
200
When there is a major environmental change, what will the animals that live there have to do?
They will have to adapt or move. If they don't, they won't survive.
200
How can human population cause changes to the environment?
If the human population is too high, they will need more resources to survive. They may not have enough resources for everyone.
200
What does competition mean within an ecosystem?
Competition within an ecosystem means that there are more animals than there is resources. Some animals will need to adapt or they will not survive because there is not enough resources for all animals in that ecosystem.
200
What would happen to the rest of the organisms in the food chain if the rabbit became extinct? 
If the rabbit became extinct, there would be more grass because the rabbit wouldn't be around to eat it. The rabbit's predator, the fox, would have to find other sources of food.
200
What is an animal that is hunted by another animal?
An animal that is hunted by another animal is prey.
300
True or false: kudzu is a type of invasive species.
True.
300
Think back to the texts we have read in reading. In Amazing Birds Nest, what kind of environmental change were the birds experiencing?
In Amazing Birds Nest, the birds were experiencing habitat loss.
300
What type of environmental change is happening in this picture? 
A wildfire is happening in this picture.
300
Does this animal have any kind of advantages? If so, what is it called? 
This animal uses mimicry.
It confuses predators and makes them think the butterfly is an owl.
300
What is an animal that hunts down prey?
An animal that hunts down prey is a predator.
400
What does it mean if an environmental change is a human change? What does it mean if an environmental change is a natural change?
A human change is a change in the environment that is caused by humans, such as overhavesting. A natural change is something that happens naturally, like a flood.
400
What will happen to the organisms living in this environment? 
Many things can happen because of water pollution: it can make the animals sick, it can make water unsafe for humans to drink, and it can cause animals to get stuck in pieces of trash in the water.
400
If a species is an invasive species, it means the species...
An invasive species is introduced to an ecosystem on accident or on purpose and compete with native species for resources.
400
What kind of smart solution do ants use?
They work in groups in order to find food.
400
What adaptation is the fish using? What kind of advantage do these fish have? 
They are traveling in a school, or group.
Traveling in a group makes it harder for predators to get to them.
500
What would happen to humans if we no longer were able to use natural resources?
In order to survive, we would have to adapt and find new ways to live.
500
What is over harvesting?
Overharvesting is when more is taken from the environment than can be replaced.
500
What can cause a loss of resources within an ecosystem and then cause animals to compete?
Any environmental change can cause a loss of resources and competiton.
500
What would happen an animal lived in the zoo and then was released into the natural environment?
They would not survive because they do not have the adaptations that are needed to live in a natural environment.
500
At the zoo, there is an exhibit that has blind salamanders. The exhibit says that blind salamanders live in dark caves. Which conclusion can we make about the ancestors of blind salamanders?
They have adapted to living in caves and no longer needed to see.