How Do Environments Change

A group of living things is called a(n)

• Species

• Population

• Family

When a plant grows faster than other plants and crowds out other plants from the same area, it becomes a ________

• Invasive species

• Natural resource

• Natural event

A river carrying rock away from a canyon is a slow change to the environment

• False

• True

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Metal can be replaced in nature

• True

• False

How would a drought affect the species living in a river?

• Nothing would happen

• Red and yellow

• The water would dry up and the animals would loose their homes

• The fish in the river would die

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What change is caused by humans

• Flooding

• Volcanos

• Resource removal

• Landslides

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Ice melting from a change in temperature over time is a slow change in the enviornemtn

• False

• True

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What would be a fast change to the environment to help the bird population grow?

• Planting trees and waiting for them to grow

• Putting bird houses up near where the birds normally live

• Asking people to put wood fences up

• Waiting for the forests to grow

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Imagine: you walk through a field and smell burnt trees. What claim can you make using evidence from your walk?

• Natural elements have increased in the environment

• Animals have left the environment because of a fire

• New species have moved into the environment

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Which of the following are invasive species

• Yuzu vine

• Spotted lantern fly

• Himalayan blackberry plant

• All of the above