Big Changes in the Big Forest

Which organisms change their environment?

• only beavers
• only animals
• only plants
• all living things

All living things ___ their environment

• enjoy
• change
• break
• respect

This pile of dirt is really an entrance to ___

• a prairie dog burrow
• a beaver dam
• a black bear cave
• a red fox den

How deep down is a prairie dog burrow?

• 1 to 3 meters
• 5 to 8 meters
• 10 to 30 meters
• 50 to 80 meters

Which of these is NOT a use for a side chamber in a prairie dog burrow?

• food storage
• sleeping
• water storage
• a bathroom

Standing over 3 meters tall, what is the structure shown in this image?

• an ant hill
• a termite mound
• a beehive
• a hornet nest

To build a home, termites do NOT use the chewed remnants of ___

• wood
• mud
• poo
• nuts

Gray squirrels often lose track of ___

• buried nuts
• time
• their path home
• sleep

A dome-shaped beaver home is called ___

• a den
• a burrow
• a lodge
• a cave

By building a dam,  beavers can turn a field or forest into ___

• a dryland
• a wetland
• a mountain range
• a plateau