Slow Environmental Changes
Fast Environmental Changes
How do environments change?
Organisms in changing environments
Review time!
100

Name a natural resource

Examples: water, air, trees, metal

100

This is a sudden shift or movement in the ground

Earthquake

100

A living thing is called an

Organism

100

An animal that is hunted and eaten

Prey

100

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All of the living and nonliving things that surround us

Environment

200

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Overfising the ocean and cutting down the rainforests is an example of this slow environmental change

Resource removal

200

This occurs when too much rain falls in an area in a short period of time

Flood

200

A group of living things of the same kind

Species

200

An action that an organism does

Behavior

200

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This environment has all four seasons. Organisms that live here change during the year.

Temperate forest

300

When a location gets warmer or dryer over time, this is an example of what type of this environmental change

Temperature change or change in rainfall

300

This is what happens when soil and rocks shake loose

Landslide

300

Name one way coral reefs can be damaged

1) invasive species

2) pollution

3) temperature change

4) resource removal

300

This lion adapted to live and hunt in a grassland. Which body part of the lion is adapted to help the lion hide and hunt in this environment.

Its fur

300

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This is a word that means an animal or plant makes more of their own kind

Reproduce

400

The lionfish is an example of an __________, which is not supposed to be in an area and can damage the native species.

Invasive species

400

This environmental change covers the Earth with melted rock or ashes

Volcanic eruption

400

Name a slow or fast environmental change caused by humans

1) Resource removal

2) Temperature change

3) Invasive species

4) Forest fire

400

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An animals body parts and behaviors that help it survive are called ____________________

Adaptations

400

This type of organism eats BOTH plants and animals

Omnivore

500

This is another name for the process of wind and rain breaking down rocks over time

Erosion

500

This event involves large waves triggered by an underwater earthquake or volcano

Tsunami

500

Name a natural resource that cannot be replaced in nature

Metals, natural gas, oil, coal

500

What is one of the three things that can happen to animals when their environment changes?

1) stay and change behavior

2) leave and find a new environment

3) they may die

500

Animals of the same kind that live in a group in order to meet their needs are called

Social animals