Weather
What is hazardous weather?
Any act of nature that puts people, animals, and buildings at risk
I am helpful to people in the environment in many ways, but they could not live without me because I give them this________. What do I give them?
Oxygen
An animal does one of three things to survive the winter. What are they?
Migrate
Adapt
Am I helpful or harmful?
A spring breeze
Do I hibernate or migrate?
A Butterfly
Migrate
I am a storm that brings strong winds that move in a circular motion. I can pick up houses off the ground and destroy buildings. Who am I?
I am a tornado
Plants help animals in the environment in many ways. They provide two things for animals. What are they?
Food
Shelter
Why does a bear eat so much in the winter time?
He needs to store fat to keep him warm.
Am I helpful or harmful? I am a blizzard that brings a large amount of snow, ice, and wind.
Although I can bring beautiful snow, I am harmful because snow weighs a lot and can damage homes. People can slip and fall on the ice, and they may not be able to get to work or school because they can't drive their cars well on ice.
Do I hibernate or migrate?
Salmon fish
migrate
I am a storm that happens in south Georgia. I start in the ocean, and in time I rush up on the land. I bring strong winds and flooding. I can destroy buildings and animal habitats. Who am I?
I am a hurricane
Plants provide more than just oxygen for people. Name two other things they provide for people.
Food
Shelter
If they were a drought, which of these living things would not be able to move to a new environment and why?
A. Plants
B. Birds
C. Deer
B. Plants
I'm a new tree sprouting up through a sidewalk. The sidewalk is breaking and becoming uneven. Am I helpful or harmful?
Harmful. People can trip and fall or uneven pavement caused by new plant growth.
Do I hibernate or migrate?
A racoon
Hibernate
I am a storm that causes loud thunder and dangerous lightning. I usually cause strong winds and I can sometimes cause flooding. Who am I?
I am a thunderstorm.
The roots of a plant change some animal environments. Give an example of one animal's habitat that is affected by a plant's roots. How do they change their habitat?
Answers could be a rabbit or any other animal that lives in a burrow below ground. The roots change the shape of their burrow, they also provide additional warmth to their burrow in the winter.
How do birds help build areas that have been destroyed by some type of hazardous weather?
They drop seeds in the area by "Pooping"
I am a gentle rain.
I'm helpful because I give plants and animals water.
What does it mean to hibernate, and what happens to an animal when it hibernates?
The animal goes to sleep for the winter. Its heart rate slows down, it eats a lot so it has a layer of fat to keep it warm during the winter, and most animals store up food for the winter.
What would happen if it rained every day for a week?
What is one way plants are harmful to the environment?
They crack the concrete and grow through the pavement,which makes people trip and fall over raised areas of the concrete.
How would a drought affect animals?
They wouldn't have water to drink, and plants might die so they wouldn't have anything to eat.
I am a storm that cause the rivers to overflow its banks. Am I helpful or harmful and why?
I'm harmful because too much water can cause buildings to be damaged and ruin animal habitats. It can also remove plants from the soil.
What does it mean to migrate?
Animals move to a new habitat to stay warm and find food during the winter.