Natural Environmental Change

Question 1

Which are examples of short-term environmental change? Check all that apply.tsunamisEl Niñolarge asteroid and comet impactsvolcanic eruptionsglobal warming

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tsunamis; El Niño; volcanic eruptions

Question 2

What did you include in your response? Check all that apply.

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When a long-term environmental change occurs, certain individuals in a population will be better adapted for the new environment than others.; These individuals will be more likely to survive and pass on their traits to their offspring.; Over many generations, these favorable adaptations build up in a population.; This may lead to speciation, which is the development of a new species.

Question 3

Use the drop-down menus to complete the statements.

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✔ Extinction; occurs when an entire species cannot adapt to a long-term environmental change.: Extinction; A population that cannot find food after a flood in the environment may in order to survive.: migrate; Over many generations, the build up of favorable adaptations in a population may lead to .: speciation

Question 4

reproduce✔ migrateevolve

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✔ migrate

Question 5

migrationextinction✔ speciation

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✔ speciation

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