B7: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Question 1

What are the 3 factors that can result in environmental change?

Answer 1

-seasonal changes
-human interaction
-geographic changes

Question 2

What are some examples of seasonal changes?

Answer 2

-rainfall
-migration
-fluctuations in temp
-climate/weather
-amount of daylight

Question 3

What are some examples of human interaction?

Answer 3

-pollution (land/air/water)
-excessive fishing/hunting/poaching
-eutrophication
-increase in CO2 emissions due to burning fossil fuels
-acid rain
-deforestation
-drilling and mining
-global warming

Question 4

What are some examples of geographical changes?

Answer 4

-salinity of water supply
-availability of water
-mineral ion content and pH of soil
-natural disasters (eg: volcano eruptions)

Question 5

Environmental changes can cause __________________________ to change?

Answer 5

Environmental changes can cause distribution of organisms to change

Question 6

What can cause distribution to change?

Answer 6

-availability of water
-temp
-composition of atmospheric gases