Seasonal Changes

What is Climate?

• The average weather conditions in a place over time

• The seasons in a place

• The location of a place

• The types of dangerous weather conditions that happen

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Which is NOT an ecosystem?

• Swamp

• Winter

• Ocean

• Dessert

Some plants become dormant during _______________. This is when plants experience little to no growth.

• summer

• spring

• winter

• fall

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Many birds travel south to Florida during the winter, they return to the north in the summer. This is called migration. Which explains why birds do this?

• It is cold in Florida during the winter so they migrate to colder climates

• It is cold in the north during the winter so they migrate to colder climates. In summer, they go back to the north because it is cold.

• It is cold in the north during the winter so they migrate to warmer climates. In the summer, they return to their home.

• The birds are lost

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Why do animals hibernate?

• To hide from the snow

• They hibernate because nights are longer in winter

• They hibernate in the summer because it is too hot for them to survive.

• They hibernate to store fat and energy to keep them alive during the winter months when there is no food.

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Many plants change in the winter by

• losing their leaves

• turning white

• turning green

• they undergo hibernation

Which of these is a characteristic of a desert ecosystem?

• wet and hot

• wet and cold

• dry and cold

• dry and hot

A moose might eat leafy greens in the spring and twigs in the winter, why would a moose do this?

• They like to have a balanced diet

• The moose confuses twigs for leaves in the winter.

• In the winter, leafy greens may not be available. So the moose will have to eat other things.

• The moose needs twigs to build a shelter

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A weasel's coat changes from brown to white in the winter time. Why does a weasel's coat change?

• The weasel is cold so its hair color changes to white.

• The weasel does this to camoflauge hide from predators.

• The weasel does this to burrow in the snow.

• The weasel does this to migrate to a warmer place.

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The picture shows

• seasonal change

• hibernation

• migration

• ecosystem

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