Environmental Vocabulary

Adaptation is....

• A change that a building develops to be more sturdy.

• A change that an organism develops in order to move to a new location to live.

• A change that an organism develops to better survive in its habitat.

• A change that allows people to not be sick anymore.

The resources and conditions that an organism needs to survive.

• basic needs

• environment

• habitat

• organism

Long-term change in temperature and weather patterns in an area is called...

• A trend

• An adaptation

• A simulation

• A climate change

Any living thing is called a(n)...

• fossil

• organism

• habitat

• living need

What is a habitiat?

• The resources and conditions that an organism needs to survive.

• The resources and conditions that promote survival in a certain area.

• A pattern found in data.

• Something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else, especially so it can be studied or used to train people.

The living things, nonliving things, and conditions in an area....

• environment

• adaptation

• organism

• fossil

A change to the surroundings caused by human activity or natural event is called a(n)...

• climate change

• simulation

• environmental change

• trend

A pattern found in data over time is called....

• A paleontologist

• A trend

• A fossil

• An organism

How would you describe a fossil?

• Alive, well

• Dead, forgotten

• Soft, new

• Ancient, remains

A scientist who studies plant and animal fossils from long ago is called....

• A Parent

• A Doctor

• A Paleontologist

• A Veterinarian